Workshop Rear Of Sanday Cottage Wash Lane Wenhaston With Mells Hamlet Halesworth Suffolk IP19 9DY Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Retrospective Application - Extension and alteration to existing building to form new vehicle repair workshop, installation of sewage treatment plant and formation of new vehicular access from highway together with new hardstanding areas. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
4 Jun 2026
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Validated
16 Jun 2026
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Approved
19 Oct 2026

Approved on 19 Oct 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 19 Oct 2026

Documents 44

Consultation & comments 20

PDF SCC PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY Consultee Comment · 5 Aug 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 18 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 17 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 14 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 14 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF AGENTS RESPONSE Supporting Documents · 14 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 14 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 13 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF AGENT RESPONSE TO SCC PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY Supporting Documents · 13 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 13 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Consultee Comment · 12 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 10 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF WENHASTON WITH MELLS HAMLET PARISH COUNCIL Consultee Comment · 8 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 8 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF SCC HIGHWAYS Consultee Comment · 2 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF SCC FIRE & RESCUE Consultee Comment · 1 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF SCC PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY Consultee Comment · 26 Jun 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 25 Jun 2026 View ↗
PDF INFO SHEET Neighbour Notification List · 23 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Consultee Comment · 23 Jun 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 5

Public footpath 9 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
National landscape 329 m away: Suffolk Coast & Heaths; Inside the Wenhaston built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, 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 · No listed building at the site

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.

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Important details

Application type
Full Application
Postcode
IP19 9DY
Received
4 Jun 2026
Validated
16 Jun 2026
Ward
Halesworth And Blything
Parish
Wenhaston
Case officer
Show
Target decision
16 Oct 2026
Decision
Application Permitted
Decision date
19 Oct 2026
Decision level
Committee Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Southwold Building & Design Consultancy Limited

How this decision compares

Decided in 125 days from validation, 49 days slower than East Suffolk's median of 76 for changes of use. Approved, as 76% of changes of use here are.

32%decided within 8 weeks
76%approved
153decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by East Suffolk in the last twelve months, from validation. East Suffolk decision record →

Public comments

8comments received
8 objecting

100% object · above the UK average of 74%

10 neighbours consulted · Last counted 19 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
11 Aug 2026
Env. assessment
No
East Suffolk
Planning Authority Score
5.3/10
Average
#129 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
East Suffolk decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
92%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #81 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #76 of 296
60%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #183 of 296
42%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #162 of 296
80%
Minor dwellings approved
212 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
19 decided (10+ homes)
81%
Change of use approved
139 decided
1,965
Total decisions
158 refused in the year to March 2026