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136 High Street Needham Market Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8DW

DC/26/01480Lawful Development Certificate ProposedApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 22 April 2026

Council decision: Was LawfulDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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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)-Insert double upvc doors (1800mm x 1600mm) on the rear ground floor to replace the existing windows. Insert skylight (1000mm x 1000mm) in rear ground floor flat roof. Replacement of plastic roof at side of property with a solid slate roof to match existing including a Velux window (550mm x 1180mm) within new roof. This area is to be closed off at the end. Existing windows and doors to be replaced with upvc in similar appearance to existing and in exact same locations. Insert Velux in the rear flat roof of the second floor (940mm x 980mm). Insert Velux window in loft roof (450mm x 550mm) as per email and picture sent 20/10/25). Replace rotten rear wooden gate. Repair and replace patio. Replace outbuilding door with double doors. all as per submitted drawings.

Received
7 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Needham Market
  1. Received7 Apr
  2. Validated7 Apr
  3. Consult.4 May
  4. Target21 Apr
  5. Decided22 Apr

Decided in 15 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for an outbuilding at 136 High Street Needham Market Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8DW. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 792 applications of this type. This one was decided in 15 days, 5 weeks quicker than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Needham Market conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 59 applications across Needham Market. We hold 627 applications in total for the IP6 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
IP6 8DW
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate Proposed
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Needham Market

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 April 2026
Consultation expiry
4 May 2026
Consultation start
13 April 2026
Consultation end
4 May 2026
Last date for comments
4 May 2026
Target decision date
21 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
14 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Needham MarketPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: 132, High StreetOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • 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, 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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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