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Land Adjacent Melbourne House Back Lane Monks Eleigh IP7 7BA

DC/25/04348Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 11 February 2026

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)13 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Full Planning Application - Erection of self-build dwelling

Received
1 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
14
Ward
Box Vale
Agent
Phil Cobbold Planning Ltd
  1. Received1 Oct
  2. Validated2 Oct
  3. Consult.22 Jan
  4. Target4 Feb
  5. Decided11 Feb

Decided in 132 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land Adjacent Melbourne House Back Lane Monks Eleigh IP7 7BA. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 133 days, 12 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Monks Eleigh conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 58 applications across Box Vale. We hold 480 applications in total for the IP7 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
IP7 7BA
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 October 2025
Consultation expiry
22 January 2026
Consultation start
8 January 2026
Consultation end
22 January 2026
Neighbour consultation start
6 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
27 October 2025
Last date for comments
22 January 2026
Target decision date
4 February 2026
Permission expires
11 February 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Phil Cobbold Planning Ltd
Agent address
Phil Cobbold Planning Ltd 138 High Road Trimley St Mary IP11 0SU

Planning decision

Statutory period
125 days

Publicity

Last advertised
14 October 2025
Advertisement expiry
4 November 2025
Site notice start
17 October 2025
Site notice end
7 November 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14374198
Documents
46
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Monks Eleigh
  • 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, 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

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© 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. 2026
    27 Feb

    Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/25/04348

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDC/26/00840
  2. 2025
    1 Oct

    Full Planning Application - Erection of self-build dwelling

    This applicationApprovedFullDC/25/04348

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