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23 Sylvester Road Leiston Suffolk IP16 4BH

DC/24/4018/CLPLawful Development Certificate(Proposed)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 17 January 2025

Council decision: Application Permitted

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate(Proposed) - Change of use of garage to bedroom. Drylining, new roof and new window to garage

Received
8 November 2024
Ward
Aldeburgh And Leiston
Agent
Philip Morphy Architects
  1. Received8 Nov
  2. Validated8 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target3 Jan
  5. Decided17 Jan

Decided in 70 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a garage at 23 Sylvester Road Leiston Suffolk IP16 4BH. East Suffolk has handled 942 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than East Suffolk's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 110 applications across Aldeburgh And Leiston. We hold 124 applications in total for the IP16 postcode area.

87% of outline applications at East Suffolk Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
IP16 4BH
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate(Proposed)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Leiston Cum Sizewell

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 November 2024
Target decision date
3 January 2025
Permission expires
17 January 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent
Philip Morphy Architects
Agent address
Swifts Owls Green Dennington IP13 8BY

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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: East Suffolk

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