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Tollemache Business Park Tollemache Hall Road Offton Suffolk

Refused Babergh DC/17/02392 Prior Approval Office to Dwelling House

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Prior Approval Application under Part 3, Class O of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015. Conversion of existing office buildings to C3 Residential.

As published by the council, reference DC/17/02392

Application record

Reference
DC/17/02392
Type
Prior Approval Office to Dwelling House
Status
Refused
Decision
Refused As published: Formal Approval IS required - Refused
Received
26 May 2017
Validated
27 May 2017
Decided
20 Jul 2017
Ward
Barking & Somersham
Parish
Offton
Decision by
Delegated Decision

Site history

Applications at this address on the Babergh register

This site has had 3 applications since 2017: 2 approved, 1 refused.

  • DC/22/05495 Granted

    Tollemache Business Park Tollemache Hall Road Offton Suffolk

    Non-Material amendment to application reference DC/22/03313 to correct plan numbers

    Decided 4 Nov 2022 Amendments
  • DC/22/04935 Granted

    Tollemache Business Park Tollemache Hall Road Offton Suffolk

    Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/22/03313 - Condition 5 (Parking and Surfacing Materials), Condition 9 (Agreement of Materials) and Condition 12 (Details of Screen Walls and Fences)

    Decided 30 Nov 2022 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 26 May 2017

    Received by Babergh

  2. 27 May 2017

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 20 Jul 2017

    Decision issued: Formal Approval IS required - Refused

  4. 15 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

7 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Babergh refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About prior approval applications

Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.

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