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Stanton Post Mill





PLANNING PERMISSION REFUSED FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CLOSE TO THE MILL

(but there will be an appeal starting 13th March 2012 - see below)

A huge thank you to all who have objected to the application. 
Abbey New Homes have launched an appeal enquiry which is to be held starting 13th March 2012.
The process to make a representation to the Planning Inspectorate has now closed.
                               
                        
                           Click here to view planning application                                


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Stanton windmill is a post mill, one in which the whole of the superstructure, complete with sails and all machinery, turns on top of a single post.  The mill dates from 1751 but was moved to its current location around 1818.  It has been restored back to its former glory over the last twenty years and is the only windmill in Suffolk regularly producing flour, and one of only a handful of post mills still in working order in the UK.

The mill is privately owned by Dominic and Linda Grixti who bought Mill Farm in 2004.  Funding for the mill's upkeep and restoration comes from visitors' entrance fees and sales of souvenirs and flour.