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St Marys Church Marks Lane Santon Downham Suffolk IP27 0TG

DC/26/0387/CLECertificate of Lawful Existing Use/DevAwaiting decision
Lawful development certificate
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for lawful development certificate for existing use or development - land for burial use

Received
10 March 2026
Decision due
5 May 2026
Ward
Brandon East
Agent
The CDS Group Ltd
  1. Received10 Mar
  2. Validated10 Mar
  3. Consult.2 Apr
  4. Target5 May
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at St Marys Church Marks Lane Santon Downham Suffolk IP27 0TG. West Suffolk has handled 282 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 10 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Santon Downham conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 9 applications across Brandon East. We hold 151 applications in total for the IP27 postcode area.

95% of amendment 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
IP27 0TG
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Existing Use/Dev
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Santon Downham

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 March 2026
Consultation expiry
2 April 2026
Consultation start
12 March 2026
Consultation end
2 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
The CDS Group Ltd
Agent address
The CDS Group Ltd Building 51 Wrest Park Silsoe Bedford MK45 4HS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14766232
Documents
5
Constraints
23

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (18)

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, Special Areas of Conservation, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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A listed building is on or next to this site.

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