De Vere House Water Street Lavenham Sudbury Suffolk CO10 9RW Data via plota.co.uk

DC/26/02953 - Householder Planning Application Approved

Proposal

Householder Application - Erection of a single storey rear extension and alterations. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
9 Jul 2026
Validated
10 Jul 2026
Consultation
11 Aug 2026
Approved
3 Sept 2026

Approved on 3 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 4 Sept 2026

Site constraints 5

Grade I listed: De Vere House and 60 Water Street
List entry 1037131 · 4 m from the pin · 56 more listed buildings within 150 m (7 Grade I, 7 Grade II*, 42 Grade II)
Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Lavenham conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Also on the record
Scheduled monument 164 m away: Iron gas-holder, Lavenham gasworks; Inside the Lavenham built-up area; the 1970s provisional farmland map had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Application type
Householder Planning Application
Postcode
CO10 9RW
Received
9 Jul 2026
Validated
10 Jul 2026
Ward
Lavenham
Parish
Lavenham
Case officer
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Target decision
4 Sept 2026
Decision
Granted
Decision date
3 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Roger Balmer Design

How this decision compares

Decided in 55 days from validation, about the council's usual 54 days. Approved, as 91% of extensions here are.

76%decided within 8 weeks
91%approved
513decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by Babergh Mid Suffolk in the last twelve months, from validation. Babergh Mid Suffolk decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

6 neighbours consulted · Last counted 4 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14998679
Neighbours
15 Jul 2026
Consultation
11 Aug 2026
Comments by
5 Aug 2026
Site or press notice
24 Jul 2026
Env. assessment
No
Babergh Mid Suffolk
Planning Authority Score
7.7/10
Good
#33 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Babergh Mid Suffolk is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #56 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Babergh Mid Suffolk decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
89%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #124 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #68 of 296
77%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #56 of 296
34%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #83 of 296
74%
Minor dwellings approved
160 decided (1-9 homes)
73%
Major dwellings approved
11 decided (10+ homes)
93%
Change of use approved
40 decided
882
Total decisions
99 refused in the year to March 2026