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4 Lark Valley Drive Fornham St Martin Suffolk IP28 6UF

DC/25/0129/HHHouseholder ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 31 March 2025

Council decision: Approve applicationDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Householder planning application - a. porch extension b. infill extensions to front and rear elevation c. first floor side elevation d. double doors to replace windows to rear elevation e. single storey rear extension f. new windows to side and rear elevations g. new rooflight to front elevation

Received
27 January 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
The Fornhams And Great Barton
Agent
Tim Gudgeon Design
  1. Received27 Jan
  2. Validated27 Jan
  3. Consult.18 Feb
  4. Target24 Mar
  5. Decided31 Mar

Decided in 63 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 4 Lark Valley Drive Fornham St Martin Suffolk IP28 6UF. West Suffolk has handled 2,535 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer than West Suffolk's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 70 applications across The Fornhams And Great Barton. We hold 1,144 applications in total for the IP28 postcode area.

94% of full applications at West Suffolk Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
IP28 6UF
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Fornham St. Martin Cum St.Genevieve

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 January 2025
Consultation expiry
5 March 2025
Consultation start
28 January 2025
Consultation end
18 February 2025
Neighbour consultation end
18 February 2025
Target decision date
24 March 2025
Permission expires
31 March 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Tim Gudgeon Design
Agent address
The Bellows Blacksmith Lane Barnham Thetford Norfolk IP24 2NE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
12 February 2025
Site notice end
5 March 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13651529
Documents
27
Constraints
5

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. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

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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© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    16 Jan

    Non-material amendment for DC/25/0129/HH

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendmentNMA(B)/25/0129
  2. 2025
    11 Jun

    Non material amendment to DC/25/0129/HH

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendmentNMA(A)/25/0129
  3. 2025
    27 Jan

    Householder planning application - a. porch extension b. infill extensions to front and rear elevation c…

    This applicationApprovedHouseholderDC/25/0129/HH

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2014
    20 Aug

    Householder Planning Application - Two storey side extension

    ApprovedHouseholderDC/14/1555/HH

Source: West Suffolk

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