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St Helens High Street Laxfield Woodbridge Suffolk IP13 8DU

DC/24/02163Householder Planning ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 26 September 2024

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Householder Application - Erection of front porch (following removal of existing); Insertion of rear canopied door and window. Repair and retain first floor front window.

Received
8 May 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Stradbroke & Laxfield
Agent
Kirby Architecture
  1. Received8 May
  2. Validated9 May
  3. Consult.12 Jul
  4. Target4 Sep
  5. Decided26 Sep

Decided in 140 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a porch at St Helens High Street Laxfield Woodbridge Suffolk IP13 8DU. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 141 days, 13 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Laxfield conservation area, with 15 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 71 applications across Stradbroke & Laxfield. We hold 1,034 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
Medium
Parish
Laxfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 May 2024
Consultation expiry
12 July 2024
Consultation start
21 June 2024
Consultation end
12 July 2024
Neighbour consultation start
9 May 2024
Neighbour consultation end
30 May 2024
Last date for comments
12 July 2024
Target decision date
4 September 2024
Permission expires
26 September 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Kirby Architecture
Architect profile
KIRBY ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
Agent address
The Old Mill Mill Lane Metfield IP20 0LD United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
118 days

Publicity

Last advertised
22 May 2024
Advertisement expiry
12 June 2024
Site notice start
23 May 2024
Site notice end
13 June 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13048033
Documents
21
Constraints
3

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: St HelensOn this site · +2 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.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    10 Jun

    Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/24/02163

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDC/25/02640
  2. 2024
    8 May

    Householder Application - Erection of front porch (following removal of existing); Insertion of rear canopied…

    This applicationApprovedFullDC/24/02163
  3. 2024
    8 May

    Application for Listed Building Consent - Erection of front porch (following removal of existing); Insertion…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsideDC/24/02164

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