Royal Oak Thetford Road Ixworth Thorpe Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 1QP
Approved on 28 March 2013
Council decision: Approve applicationDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Planning Application - Change of use - Conversion of public house (class A4, Drinking Establishments) to 4 no. 2 Bedroom dwellings (class C3, Dwelling houses) and erection of first floor side extension, single storey rear extension and erection of garage for 4 no. cars (following demolition of existing garage) and associated parking( revised description). As amended by a visibility access plan (Drawing No. 9003/13/A) received 28.2.13 and bat survey received 4.3.13.
- Received
- 17 December 2012
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- West Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Ixworth
- ReceivedReceived17 Dec
- ValidatedValidated21 Dec
- Consult.Consultation17 Apr
- TargetTarget Date15 Feb
- DecidedDecided28 Mar
Decided in 97 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at Royal Oak Thetford Road Ixworth Thorpe Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 1QP. West Suffolk has handled 2,535 applications of this type. This one was decided in 101 days, 6 weeks longer than West Suffolk's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 23 applications across Ixworth. We hold 1,716 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 1QP
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Ixworth & Ixworth Thorpe
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 21 December 2012
- Consultation expiry
- 17 April 2013
- Consultation start
- 3 April 2013
- Consultation end
- 17 April 2013
- Neighbour consultation end
- 18 February 2013
- Target decision date
- 15 February 2013
- Permission expires
- 28 March 2016
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 22 Vermont Crescent Ipswich IP4 2ST
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 18
- Constraints
- 6
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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: West Suffolk
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