Larks Pool Farm Mill Road Fornham St Genevieve Suffolk IP28 6LR Data via plota.co.uk

DC/26/0277/CLP - Certificate of Lawful Proposed Use/Dev Approved

Proposal

Application for lawful development certificate for proposed use or development - storage building Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
18 Feb 2026
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Approved
15 Apr 2026

Approved on 15 Apr 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Site constraints 6

2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: 2 and 3, Mill Road, Grade II, about 3 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. 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 ↗
Hengrave 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 ↗
Scheduled monument about 22 m away: Settlement site W of Hengrave mill
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Also on the record
Heritage at risk about 26 m away: Sites north west and south east of Fornham All Saints; Priority habitat about 34 m away: Good quality semi improved grassland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. 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
Certificate of Lawful Proposed Use/Dev
Postcode
IP28 6LR
Received
18 Feb 2026
Validated
18 Feb 2026
Ward
The Fornhams And Great Barton
Parish
Fornham St. Martin Cum St.Genevieve
Case officer
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Target decision
15 Apr 2026
Decision
Approve application
Decision date
15 Apr 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
Maude + Edwards Architects

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, 14 days faster than West Suffolk's median of 70 for commercial and major works. Approved, as 100% of commercial and major works here are.

32%decided within 8 weeks
100%approved
16%go to committee

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by West Suffolk in the last twelve months, from validation. West Suffolk decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14715207
Planning Portal ref
PP-14715207
Statutory expiry
15 Apr 2026
Env. assessment
No
West Suffolk
Planning Authority Score
4.3/10
Below average
#186 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

West Suffolk is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #208 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
West Suffolk decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
91%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #104 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #95 of 296
56%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #208 of 296
46%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #204 of 296
64%
Minor dwellings approved
96 decided (1-9 homes)
90%
Major dwellings approved
10 decided (10+ homes)
84%
Change of use approved
51 decided
1,018
Total decisions
91 refused in the year to March 2026