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The Old Post Office 1 The Street Cavenham

F/2009/0001/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 23 February 2009

Council decision: Approve with conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of side extension including dormer window to front elevation of existing dwelling.

Received
5 January 2009
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Manor
  1. Received5 Jan
  2. Validated12 Jan
  3. Consult.5 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided23 Feb

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at The Old Post Office 1 The Street Cavenham. West Suffolk has handled 2,535 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than West Suffolk's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 26 applications across Manor.

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

Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Cavenham

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 January 2009
Consultation expiry
6 February 2009
Consultation start
15 January 2009
Consultation end
5 February 2009
Committee meeting
23 February 2009
Permission expires
23 February 2012

Applicant and agent

Agent address
St James The Heywood Diss Norfolk IP22 5TB

Publicity

Site notice start
16 January 2009
Site notice end
6 February 2009

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-00625999
Documents
12
Constraints
9

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.

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

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Source: West Suffolk

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