Woodlands Ropers Green Semer Ipswich Suffolk IP7 6HS
Approved on 23 February 2026
Council decision: Was LawfulDelegated (officer decision)
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) - Use of building as a dwellinghouse (Class C3) and associated residential land
- Received
- 20 February 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- South East Cosford
- ReceivedReceived20 Feb
- ValidatedValidated20 Feb
- Consult.Consultation14 Mar
- TargetTarget Date19 Feb
- DecidedDecided23 Feb
Decided in 368 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Woodlands Ropers Green Semer Ipswich Suffolk IP7 6HS. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 549 applications of this type. This one was decided in 368 days, 46 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across South East Cosford. We hold 480 applications in total for the IP7 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
- IP7 6HS
- Application type
- Lawful Development Certificate Existing
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Semer
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 February 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 14 March 2025
- Consultation start
- 21 February 2025
- Consultation end
- 14 March 2025
- Last date for comments
- 14 March 2025
- Target decision date
- 19 February 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 2 Market Place Hadleigh IP7 5DN
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 364 days
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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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