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2 Rectory Field Chelmondiston Ipswich Suffolk IP9 1HY

DC/26/03225Householder Planning ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 7 October 2026

Council decision: Granted4 conditions

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Householder Application - Erection of a garage with office space above.

Received
27 July 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 24 October 2026
Ward
Orwell
  1. Received27 Jul
  2. Validated29 Jul
  3. Consult.25 Sep
  4. Target9 Sep
  5. Decided7 Oct

Decided in 70 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 2 Rectory Field Chelmondiston Ipswich Suffolk IP9 1HY. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 3 weeks 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 33 applications across Orwell. We hold 834 applications in total for the IP9 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
IP9 1HY
Application type
Householder Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chelmondiston

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 July 2026
Consultation start
29 July 2026
Consultation end
25 September 2026
Last date for comments
19 August 2026
Target decision date
9 September 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
9
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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 (21)

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, 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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