Former Chapel Of Rest Adjacent To The Brambles The Street Laxfield IP13 8DZ
Approved on 14 July 2026
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)9 conditions
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Proposal
Full Planning Application - Change of use of Chapel of Rest (Use Class E) to 1 no. residential dwelling (Use Class C3).
- Received
- 13 April 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 5
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- Stradbroke & Laxfield
- Agent
- Hollins Architects & Surveyors
- ReceivedReceived13 Apr
- ValidatedValidated21 Apr
- Consult.Consultation14 May
- TargetTarget Date10 Jul
- DecidedDecided14 Jul
Decided in 84 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Former Chapel Of Rest Adjacent To The Brambles The Street Laxfield IP13 8DZ. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 92 days, 6 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 71 applications across Stradbroke & Laxfield. We hold 1,031 applications in total for the IP13 postcode area.
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
- Postcode
- IP13 8DZ
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Laxfield
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 21 April 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 2 June 2026
- Consultation start
- 15 June 2026
- Consultation end
- 14 May 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 23 April 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 14 May 2026
- Last date for comments
- 6 July 2026
- Target decision date
- 10 July 2026
- Permission expires
- 14 July 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Hollins Architects & Surveyors
- Agent address
- Hollins Architects & Surveyors The Guildhall Market Hill Framlingham Woodbridge IP13 9BD
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 80 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 6 May 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 27 May 2026
- Site notice start
- 12 May 2026
- Site notice end
- 2 June 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14849455
- Documents
- 20
- Constraints
- 1
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: LaxfieldNext to the site
- 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.
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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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