Crows Hall Crows Hall Road Debenham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6NG Data via plota.co.uk

DC/26/03351 - Lawful Development Certificate Existing Awaiting decision

Proposal

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for an Existing Use or Operation or Activity including those in breach of a Planning Condition. Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) - Use of hall, gardens, barn and grounds for weddings and events, and installation of associated temporary structures, for up to 69 days per year including delivery, set up, take down and collection. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
5 Aug 2026
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Validated
6 Aug 2026
✓
Consultation
7 Aug 2026
Decision
Expected by 30 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 30 Oct 2026.

The consultation period closed on 7 Sept 2026.

Site constraints 4

Grade II* listed: Crows Hall (Including Bridge Over Moat and Walling Lining Inner Side of Moat to West and South)
List entry 1352472 · 2 m away · 1 more listed building within 150 m (1 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 ↗
Registered park or garden: Crows Hall
Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Agricultural land, grade 2
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 3. 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.
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 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
Lawful Development Certificate Existing
Postcode
IP14 6NG
Received
5 Aug 2026
Validated
6 Aug 2026
Ward
Debenham
Parish
Debenham
Case officer
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Target decision
30 Oct 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
portland planning

Public comments

No public comments yet.

3 neighbours consulted · Last counted 2 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15119093
Planning Portal ref
PP-15119093
Neighbours
17 Aug 2026
Consultation
7 Aug 2026
Comments by
7 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
1 Oct 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