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Land To The West Of Sudbury Road Lavenham

DC/25/05310Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 29 January 2026

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)10 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Full Planning Application - Change of use to operational land, installation of kiosk for gas transmission, alongside new internal road, modified access, fencing, landscaping, biodiversity net gain and associated works.

Received
3 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
Lavenham
  1. Received3 Dec
  2. Validated4 Dec
  3. Consult.9 Jan
  4. Target15 Jan
  5. Decided29 Jan

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Land To The West Of Sudbury Road Lavenham. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days, 8 days longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 92 applications across Lavenham.

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

Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lavenham

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 December 2025
Consultation expiry
9 January 2026
Consultation start
8 December 2025
Consultation end
9 January 2026
Last date for comments
9 January 2026
Target decision date
15 January 2026
Permission expires
29 January 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Estates Office Norman Court Ashby de la Zouch LE65 2UZ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Site notice start
12 December 2025
Site notice end
2 January 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14378068
Documents
21
Constraints
3

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

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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2026
    24 Jul

    Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/25/05310

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDC/26/03204
  2. 2026
    10 Jul

    Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/25/05310

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDC/26/02979
  3. 2026
    15 May

    Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/25/05310

    PendingDischarge of conditionsDC/26/02074
  4. 2026
    12 May

    Application for a Non-Material Amendment to DC/25/05310

    PendingNon-material amendmentAmendmentDC/26/02013
  5. 2026
    6 May

    Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/25/05310

    PendingDischarge of conditionsDC/26/01936
  6. 2026
    12 Mar

    Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/25/05310

    RefusedDischarge of conditionsDC/26/01077
  7. 2025
    3 Dec

    Full Planning Application - Change of use to operational land, installation of kiosk for gas transmission…

    This applicationApprovedFullDC/25/05310

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