Listed Building Consent - This proposal is to create a new doorway between the entrance hall and the study (Fig: 1, Photo 1). At the moment, the study is being used as a utility room. The existing door from the sitting room to the study (Fig: 1, Photo 2) will be retained, and kept shut. The study will be used by the owners, and also as a rest room and office by people working in the garden. The new doorway will give direct access to the study from the entrance hall without having to go through the sitting room, which involves moving furniture and is very inconvenient. In addition, the access from the study across the hall to the toilet and washing facilities in the shower room (Fig: 1) will be much easier. The study will be re-decorated (remove wall paper, fill in any cracks/holes in the plaster and paint with emulsion) and new floor boards laid on top of the existing concrete floor. I do not think we need listed buildings consent for this work, but it can be made part of this application if you think it should be.

Listed Building Consent - Garden room 2.75 m x 4.5 m occasional office/studio/craft/yoga space. Timber construction on 'Jack Pad' foundation pads. Clad in feather edged boards with corrugated steel roofing. Reclaimed window and door units

Listed Building Consent - Yew Tree House is timber-framed and rough-case rendered with roofs in a mixture of glazed and red clay pantiles. The former farmhouse was built in the late 16th century and has since been divided into two. The proposal is to remove the existing privet-style hedge that marks the front boundary between the two houses, planted in 1960s. The hedge is approximately 4ft 6in high, 2ft wide and 46ft long and has become unwieldy, bulges in places and does not reach the front boundaries of the property. After taking advice from East Suffolk Conservation Office, the replacement natural planed wood picket fence will be 4ft high and 50 ft long. The fence will be treated with Alkaline Copper Quat to protect it against decay, rot and insect attack without the use of harmful chemicals. The hedge will be removed late summer to avoid disturbing any nesting birds.

Listed Building Consent - Alterations in connection with the proposed change of use for the top two floors of current retail premises to convert them into a two bedroom, two storey flat including:- new windows, doors and rooflights; new RSJ and removal of the wall between the existing office and storage space on first floor; new partitions; alterations to the rear wall/roof eaves (raising eaves by 300mm) at first floor level, to form kitchen and access to outside; new staircase and circulation system; and provision of balcony and erection of balustrading.