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James Stiff Cottages Almshouse Road Rougham Suffolk IP30 9JL

DC/24/0042/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 25 July 2024

Council decision: Approve applicationDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Planning application - a. Conversion of six affordable dwellings to create three affordable dwellings b. Alteration to access c. Extension to car park d. Alterations to dormer on south elevation e. Enlargement of dormer on north elevation f. Removal of window and door openings g. Cladding to part of front and rear elevations h. Demolition of porch, garage, rear extension, connecting laundry room and oil tanks i. Air source heat pumps

Received
10 January 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rougham
Agent
Chaplin Farrant Ltd
  1. Received10 Jan
  2. Validated12 Feb
  3. Consult.1 Jul
  4. Target10 Apr
  5. Decided25 Jul

Decided in 164 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at James Stiff Cottages Almshouse Road Rougham Suffolk IP30 9JL. West Suffolk has handled 2,535 applications of this type. This one was decided in 197 days, 20 weeks longer than West Suffolk's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 32 applications across Rougham. We hold 1,122 applications in total for the IP30 postcode area.

94% of full applications at West Suffolk Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
IP30 9JL
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Rushbrooke With Rougham

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 February 2024
Consultation expiry
1 July 2024
Consultation start
17 June 2024
Consultation end
1 July 2024
Target decision date
10 April 2024
Permission expires
25 July 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Chaplin Farrant Ltd
Agent address
Chaplin Farrant Scarletts Business Park, Padlock Road, West Wratting Cambridge CB21 5LS

Planning decision

Statutory period
58 days

Publicity

Site notice start
5 June 2024
Site notice end
26 June 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12707128
Documents
57

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: West Suffolk

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