Hall Farm The Drift Fornham St. Martin Bury St. Edmunds IP311SL
Approved on 14 October 2009
Council decision: Approve application
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Proposal
Planning Application - Change of use of farm outbuilding (The Old Dairy) and summerhouse to a farm shop (class A1)
- Received
- 3 September 2009
- Council
- West Suffolk Council
- Ward
- The Fornhams And Great Barton
- ReceivedReceived3 Sep
- ValidatedValidated8 Sep
- Consult.Consultation24 Sep
- TargetTarget Date3 Nov
- DecidedDecided14 Oct
Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at Hall Farm The Drift Fornham St. Martin Bury St. Edmunds IP311SL. West Suffolk has handled 2,535 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 weeks quicker than West Suffolk's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 70 applications across The Fornhams And Great Barton. We hold 1,715 applications in total for the IP31 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
- IP31 1SL
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Fornham St. Martin Cum St.Genevieve
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 September 2009
- Consultation expiry
- 1 October 2009
- Consultation start
- 15 September 2009
- Consultation end
- 24 September 2009
- Target decision date
- 3 November 2009
- Permission expires
- 12 October 2012
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 7, Tannery Drive Bury St. Edmunds IP332SD
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 11 September 2009
- Advertisement expiry
- 1 October 2009
- Site notice start
- 10 September 2009
- Site notice end
- 30 September 2009
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-00786600
- Documents
- 6
- Constraints
- 4
Site constraints
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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Source: West Suffolk
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