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The Villa High Street Laxfield Woodbridge Suffolk IP13 8DU

DC/17/03501Full Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 7 September 2017

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Planning Application-Change of Use from two holiday let properties to one new dwelling with granny annexe/holiday let.

Received
6 July 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Stradbroke & Laxfield
  1. Received6 Jul
  2. Validated7 Jul
  3. Consult.15 Aug
  4. Target21 Sep
  5. Decided7 Sep

Decided in 62 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at The Villa High Street Laxfield Woodbridge Suffolk IP13 8DU. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 2 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Laxfield conservation area, with 16 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 71 applications across Stradbroke & Laxfield. We hold 1,031 applications in total for the IP13 postcode area.

90% of full applications at Babergh District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
IP13 8DU
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Laxfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 July 2017
Consultation expiry
23 August 2017
Consultation start
25 July 2017
Consultation end
15 August 2017
Neighbour consultation start
25 July 2017
Neighbour consultation end
15 August 2017
Last date for comments
23 August 2017
Target decision date
21 September 2017
Decision issued
12 September 2017
Permission expires
12 September 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
37 Bobby End Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP32 6SU

Planning decision

Statutory period
76 days

Publicity

Last advertised
2 August 2017
Advertisement expiry
23 August 2017
Site notice start
26 July 2017
Site notice end
16 August 2017

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Laxfield
  • Listed building: Grade II: The VillaOn this site · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    11 Aug

    Notification of Works to Trees in a Conservation Area - Re- Pollard 4 No. Lime (T1 - T4) to previous pruning…

    ApprovedNotification: Works to Trees in Con AreaDC/26/03444
  2. 2023
    4 Sep

    Application for works to trees in a Conservation Area - Re- pollard 4No Tillia sp. at the front of the…

    ApprovedNotification: Works to Trees in Con AreaDC/23/04132
  3. 2018
    15 Jun

    Application for Listed Building Consent - Erection of a boundary wall and creation of a base for a new oil…

    ApprovedListed building consentDC/18/02747
  4. 2018
    15 Jun

    Householder Application. Erection of a 1.9m high boundary wall and creation of a base for a new oil tank.

    ApprovedHouseholderDC/18/02735
  5. 2016
    26 Jan

    Retention of 1.83 metre close boarded fence and erection of 0.914 metre trellis on top.

    ApprovedFull Planning Application0323/16

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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