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Downs Garage Southgate Street Long Melford Sudbury Suffolk CO10 9HU

DC/17/05298Lawful Development Certificate ExistingApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 5 December 2017

Council decision: Was Lawful

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for Lawful Development for Existing Use. Erection of 3 No. detached dwellings, as approved by Planning Permission reference B/13/00875/FUL/JD, and as implemented before expiration of planning permission

Received
19 October 2017
Public comments
1
Ward
Long Melford
  1. Received19 Oct
  2. Validated23 Oct
  3. Consult.14 Nov
  4. Target4 Dec
  5. Decided5 Dec

Decided in 43 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Downs Garage Southgate Street Long Melford Sudbury Suffolk CO10 9HU. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 549 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 85 applications across Long Melford. We hold 3,165 applications in total for the CO10 postcode area.

90% of amendment 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
CO10 9HU
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate Existing
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Long Melford

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 October 2017
Consultation expiry
14 November 2017
Consultation start
24 October 2017
Consultation end
14 November 2017
Neighbour consultation start
24 October 2017
Neighbour consultation end
14 November 2017
Last date for comments
14 November 2017
Target decision date
4 December 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Lanpro Unit 2B Parkside Office Village Knowledge Gateway Colchester CO4 3ZL

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06458554
Documents
13
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Local nature reserve: The Railway WalksPart of the site
  • 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 (21)

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, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

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

© 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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Planning history at this site

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    10 Apr

    Full Planning Application - Erection of 9 No. Houses.

    PendingFull Planning ApplicationDC/26/01548
  2. 2023
    18 Jul

    Application under S73a for Removal or Variation of Conditions following grant of planning permission…

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)DC/23/03362
  3. 2023
    9 Feb

    Application under S73a for the Removal or Variation of Conditions following grant of B/13/00875

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)DC/23/00659
  4. 2022
    31 Mar

    Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/20/04906

    RefusedDischarge of conditionsDC/22/01704
  5. 2020
    2 Nov

    Full Planning Application - Residential Development for 9 No. Dwellings and creation of footpath.

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationDC/20/04906
  6. 2019
    17 Dec

    Planning Application - Erection of 4no dwellings and 12no flats, including affordable dwellings and new…

    WithdrawnFull Planning ApplicationDC/19/05843

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