Mulberry Lodge Laxfield Road Stradbroke Eye Suffolk IP21 5NQ
Approved on 10 March 2026
Council decision: Was Lawful
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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) - Outbuildings that were granted permission for conversion to a single residential dwelling in June 1989 under reference 439/89. See attached location plan for more information.
- Received
- 12 January 2026
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- Stradbroke & Laxfield
- Agent
- Hollins Architects & Surveyors
- ReceivedReceived12 Jan
- ValidatedValidated13 Jan
- Consult.Consultation5 Feb
- TargetTarget Date27 Jan
- DecidedDecided10 Mar
Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Mulberry Lodge Laxfield Road Stradbroke Eye Suffolk IP21 5NQ. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 549 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days, 8 days longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 71 applications across Stradbroke & Laxfield. We hold 673 applications in total for the IP21 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
- IP21 5NQ
- Application type
- Lawful Development Certificate Existing
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Stradbroke
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 13 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 9 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 15 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 5 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 19 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 9 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 9 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 27 January 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Hollins Architects & Surveyors
- Agent address
- Hollins Architects & Surveyors The Guildhall Market Hill Framlingham Woodbridge IP13 9BD
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 14 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14615352
- Documents
- 6
- Constraints
- 4
Site constraints
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.
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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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