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Bridge Field Paddock Green Road Haughley Suffolk

DC/23/04157Lawful Development Certificate ExistingRefused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 15 November 2023

Council decision: Was Not Lawful

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for an Existing Use or Operation or Activity, including those in breach of a planning condition. Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) - Retention of access, hardstanding, dayroom, garden shed and caravan on the land.

Received
5 September 2023
Public comments
4
Ward
Haughley, Stowupland & Wetherden
  1. Received5 Sep
  2. Validated7 Sep
  3. Consult.28 Sep
  4. Target21 Sep
  5. Decided15 Nov

Decided in 69 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Bridge Field Paddock Green Road Haughley Suffolk. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 549 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 3 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 69 applications across Haughley, Stowupland & Wetherden.

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

Application type
Lawful Development Certificate Existing
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Haughley

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 September 2023
Consultation expiry
2 October 2023
Consultation start
7 September 2023
Consultation end
28 September 2023
Neighbour consultation start
11 September 2023
Neighbour consultation end
2 October 2023
Last date for comments
2 October 2023
Target decision date
21 September 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Lacy Scott and Knight
Agent address
Lacy Scott And Knight 10 Risbygate Street Bury St Edmunds IP33 3AA

Planning decision

Statutory period
14 days

Appeal

Appeal reference
AP/24/00048
Appeal status
Appeal lodged

Appeal history

3343778
Dismissed
Type: Lawful Development CertificateProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 28 August 2026Dev Type: Minor traveller and caravan pitchesReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12434458
Documents
22
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (22)

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, 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

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.

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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