Lavender Cottage The Street Troston Suffolk IP31 1EW
Approved on 19 March 2026
Council decision: Approve applicationDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Application for lawful development certificate for proposed use or development- single storey side extension
- Received
- 23 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- West Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Pakenham & Troston
- Agent
- Holmes Architecture & Planning Ltd.
- ReceivedReceived23 Jan
- ValidatedValidated23 Jan
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date20 Mar
- DecidedDecided19 Mar
Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a single storey side extension at Lavender Cottage The Street Troston Suffolk IP31 1EW. West Suffolk has handled 399 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Pakenham & Troston. We hold 1,715 applications in total for the IP31 postcode area.
82% of outline 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
- IP31 1EW
- Application type
- Certificate of Lawful Proposed Use/Dev
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Troston
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 20 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Holmes Architecture & Planning Ltd.
- Architect profile
- HOLMES ARCHITECTURE & PLANNING LTD
- Agent address
- Holmes Architecture & Planning Ltd. 69 Guntons Close Soham Ely CB7 5DJ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14643015
- Documents
- 8
- Constraints
- 12
Site constraints
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.
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Source: West Suffolk
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