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Appleberry House Folly Lane Lawshall Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP29 4TH

DC/25/04806Householder Planning ApplicationRefused
Householder

Refused on 15 December 2025

Delegated (officer decision)3 reasons for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Householder Application - Erection of a New Garage / Annex for ancillary use.

Received
29 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
6
Ward
Chadacre
  1. Received29 Oct
  2. Validated31 Oct
  3. Consult.21 Nov
  4. Target12 Dec
  5. Decided15 Dec

Decided in 45 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at Appleberry House Folly Lane Lawshall Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP29 4TH. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 70 applications across Chadacre. We hold 1,033 applications in total for the IP29 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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Why it was refused

  1. REASON(S) FOR REFUSAL - PRINCIPLE - CONTRARY TO DEVELOPMENT PLAN The proposal would conflict with policy LP02 of the Babergh and Mid Suffolk Joint Local Plan (2023). Under the provisions of the plan policy residential annexes should be designed so that they are ancillary in use and scale to the main dwelling unit and provide genuinely flexible accommodation that can be adapted and re-adapted to meet the changing needs of an extended family over time. This should include the option of absorbing the annex back into the main dwelling accommodation, if necessary, by the same or future occupiers. The application proposal is not considered to provide the opportunity for future integration with the host dwellinghouse and therefore does not comply with the requirements of plan policy LP02.
  2. REASON(S) FOR REFUSAL - PRINCIPLE - CONTRARY TO DEVELOPMENT PLAN Proposed development outside of settlement boundaries will only be permitted in circumstances, where: a) the site is already allocated for development; b) is in accordance with a made Neighbourhood Plan; c) is in accordance with other policies of the Joint Local Plan as given in Table 5 or, d) is in accordance with paragraph 84 of the NPPF. The application site falls outside of any defined settlement boundary, and does not comply with any exception Policy set out in Table 5. The proposal would therefore conflict with policy SP03 of the Babergh and Mid Suffolk Joint Local Plan (2023).
  3. REASON(S) FOR REFUSAL - INSUFFICIENT FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT The property is located in Flood Zone 1 and is only vulnerable to surface water flooding. The FRA provided does not adequately demonstrate that the proposal can be made safe for its lifetime without increasing flooding elsewhere, contrary to Policies SP10 and LP27 of the Babergh and Mid Suffolk Joint Local Plan - Part 1 November 2023, and paragraph 165 of the National Planning Policy Framework 2023 SUMMARY OF POLICIES WHICH ARE RELEVANT TO THE DECISION: Babergh and Mid Suffolk Joint Local Plan (JLP) (2023) SP03 - The sustainable location of new development SP10 - Climate Change LP02 - Residential Annexes LP15 - Environmental Protection and Conservation LP16 - Biodiversity & Geodiversity LP17 - Landscape LP19 - The Historic Environment LP23 - Sustainable Construction and Design LP24 - Design and Residential Amenity LP27 - Flood risk and vulnerability LP29 - Safe, Sustainable and Active Transport Lawshall Neighbourhood Plan (2024) LWL 15 - Design Considerations National Planning Policy and Guidance NPPF - National Planning Policy Framework PPG - National Planning Practice Guidance

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
IP29 4TH
Application type
Householder Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lawshall

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 October 2025
Consultation expiry
8 December 2025
Consultation start
31 October 2025
Consultation end
21 November 2025
Neighbour consultation start
3 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
24 November 2025
Last date for comments
8 December 2025
Target decision date
12 December 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Last advertised
11 November 2025
Advertisement expiry
2 December 2025
Site notice start
17 November 2025
Site notice end
8 December 2025

Additional information

Documents
12
Constraints
2

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

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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.

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Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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