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The Parker Long House Queens Road Erwarton Ipswich Suffolk IP9 1LL

DC/25/05332Lawful Development Certificate ExistingApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 9 February 2026

Council decision: Was Lawful

Approximate site (title boundary)
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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) - Confirm lawful commencement of DC/23/01466

Received
5 December 2025
Public comments
1
Ward
Ganges
Agent
Roger Balmer Design
  1. Received5 Dec
  2. Validated9 Dec
  3. Consult.2 Jan
  4. Target23 Dec
  5. Decided9 Feb

Decided in 62 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at The Parker Long House Queens Road Erwarton Ipswich Suffolk IP9 1LL. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 549 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 2 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 13 applications across Ganges. We hold 834 applications in total for the IP9 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
IP9 1LL
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate Existing
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 December 2025
Consultation expiry
5 January 2026
Consultation start
12 December 2025
Consultation end
2 January 2026
Neighbour consultation start
15 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
5 January 2026
Last date for comments
5 January 2026
Target decision date
23 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Roger Balmer Design
Agent address
Fountain House Studio The Street East Bergholt Suffolk CO7 6TB

Planning decision

Statutory period
14 days

Additional information

Documents
7
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Erwarton AlmshousesOn this site · +1 more
  • National Landscape (AONB): Suffolk Coast & Heaths
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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, 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.

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