16 Bull Lane Long Melford Sudbury Suffolk CO10 9EA Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Housholder Application - Construction of a vehicular dropped kerb and accessibility parking Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 20 Mar 2026 · Babergh Planning Committee · Last checked 7 Oct 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Babergh Mid Suffolk Babergh Planning Committee on 18 Mar 2026.
Approved by 6 votes to 3
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised approval because the proposal complied with the development plan and would not harm highway safety or neighbours.
- The parish council and highways authority raised no objection, while no public representations were received.
- Members approved the application by six votes to three, subject to conditions and informatives.
Source: Plota analysis of Babergh Mid Suffolk's committee minutes of 18 Mar 2026.
Documents 7
Decision & officer reports 2
Plans & drawings 1
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 2
Other documents 1
Associated applications 2
- Housholder Application - Construction of a vehicular dropped kerb and accessibility parking
Conditions 7 discharged
Site constraints 6
Checked on 2 November 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.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in March 2022, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- Babergh Mid Suffolk
- Application type
- Householder Planning Application
- Postcode
- CO10 9EA
- Received
- 22 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 5 Nov 2025
- Ward
- Long Melford
- Parish
- Long Melford
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 31 Mar 2026
- Decision
- Granted
- Decision date
- 20 Mar 2026
- Decision level
- Babergh Planning Committee
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Optimum Architecture
How this decision compares
Decided in 135 days from validation, 80 days slower than Babergh Mid Suffolk's median of 55 for householder applications. Approved, as 93% of householder applications here are.
Plota live figures for householder applications decided by Babergh Mid Suffolk in the last twelve months, from validation. Babergh Mid Suffolk decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
2 neighbours consulted · Last counted 7 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14409345
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14409345
- Neighbours
- 6 Nov 2025
- Consultation
- 11 Nov 2025
- Comments by
- 8 Dec 2025
- Site or press notice
- 17 Nov 2025
- Committee
- 18 Mar 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 31 Dec 2025
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
22 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
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%).
Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
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