65 Central Road Leiston Suffolk IP16 4DD Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Certificate of Lawful Use (Proposed) - Change of use only from a C3 dwelling house to a C4 use class HMO. Internal layout works only required and no significant/material external changes. Change of use from C3 dwelling house to a C4, 4 bedroom/person House in Multiple Occupation. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 1 Oct 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 29 Oct 2026
Documents 6
Decision & officer reports 2
Plans & drawings 3
Application forms 1
Site constraints 2
Checked on 1 November 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate 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.
Sales history 3
Last sold for £187,000 in February 2025. Terraced house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in May 2025, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- East Suffolk
- Application type
- Lawful Development Certificate(Proposed)
- Postcode
- IP16 4DD
- Received
- 9 Jul 2025
- Validated
- 9 Jul 2025
- Ward
- Aldeburgh And Leiston
- Parish
- Leiston Cum Sizewell
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 3 Sept 2025
- Decision
- Application Permitted
- Decision date
- 1 Oct 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Urban Draft
- Freehold owner
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 84 days from validation, 31 days slower than East Suffolk's median of 53 for lawful development certificates. Approved, as 93% of lawful development certificates here are.
Plota live figures for lawful development certificates decided by East Suffolk in the last twelve months, from validation. East Suffolk decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
Last counted 29 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Statutory expiry
- 3 Sept 2025
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
East Suffolk ranks #183 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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.
Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.
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