The Granary Adjacent Ashtree Farm The Common Mellis Eye Suffolk IP23 8EB
Approved on 14 January 2026
Council decision: Was LawfulDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for a Proposed Use or Development. Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended)- replacement of existing windows on a like for like basis
- Received
- 13 November 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- Gislingham
- ReceivedReceived13 Nov
- ValidatedValidated14 Nov
- Consult.Consultation5 Dec
- TargetTarget Date23 Jan
- DecidedDecided14 Jan
Decided in 61 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application for window replacement at The Granary Adjacent Ashtree Farm The Common Mellis Eye Suffolk IP23 8EB. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 792 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 13 days longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Mellis conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across Gislingham. We hold 1,281 applications in total for the IP23 postcode area.
79% of outline 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
- IP23 8EB
- Application type
- Lawful Development Certificate Proposed
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Mellis
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 14 November 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 5 December 2025
- Consultation start
- 14 November 2025
- Consultation end
- 5 December 2025
- Last date for comments
- 5 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 23 January 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- First Home Improvements
- Agent address
- First Home Improvements Station Road Lenwade NR9 5LY United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 70 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Mellis
- 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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202530 Sep
Householder application - Replacement of windows and door
WithdrawnHouseholderDC/25/04333 - 202227 Jul
Notification of Works to Trees in a Conservation Area - Fell 4No. Ash (T1,T2,T3 and T4)
ApprovedNotification: Works to Trees in Con AreaDC/22/03746 - 20083 Sep
Retention of shed.
ApprovedFull Planning Application3171/08
Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk
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