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5 Guildhall Cottages High Street Laxfield Woodbridge Suffolk IP13 8DU

DC/22/03008Householder Planning ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 5 August 2022

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Householder Application - Erection of single storey rear extension (following demolition of existing conservatory)

Received
13 June 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Stradbroke & Laxfield
Agent
Kirby Architecture
  1. Received13 Jun
  2. Validated14 Jun
  3. Consult.5 Jul
  4. Target26 Jul
  5. Decided5 Aug

Decided in 52 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 5 Guildhall Cottages High Street Laxfield Woodbridge Suffolk IP13 8DU. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 4 days longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Laxfield conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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
Householder Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Laxfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 June 2022
Consultation expiry
18 July 2022
Consultation start
14 June 2022
Consultation end
5 July 2022
Neighbour consultation start
14 June 2022
Neighbour consultation end
5 July 2022
Last date for comments
18 July 2022
Target decision date
26 July 2022
Permission expires
5 August 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Kirby Architecture
Architect profile
KIRBY ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
Agent address
Kirby Architecture Malt Office Farm The Common Metfield IP20 0LP

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Last advertised
22 June 2022
Advertisement expiry
13 July 2022
Site notice start
27 June 2022
Site notice end
18 July 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11322000
Documents
24
Constraints
2

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: Guildhall CottagesOn or next to this 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 (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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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