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DC/25/03860 - Full Planning Application Approved

Proposal

Full Planning Application - Erection of single storey extension to hall lounge area with a reconfigured entrance area. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
1 Sept 2025
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Validated
22 Oct 2025
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Consultation
24 Jun 2026
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Approved
28 Jul 2026

Approved on 28 Jul 2026 · Committee · Last checked 9 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Babergh Mid Suffolk Babergh Planning Committee on 22 Jul 2026.

Approved unanimously

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the extension was acceptable in principle, design, highway safety, flood risk, heritage, amenity, landscape and biodiversity terms.
  • Consultees supported or raised no objection, while no public representations had been received.
  • Members voted unanimously to grant permission subject to conditions and informatives.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, consultation responses, member debate, vote and decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Babergh Mid Suffolk's committee minutes of 22 Jul 2026.

Site constraints 7

National infrastructure project 250 m away: Bramford to Twinstead
The site is 250 m from the project boundary. Electricity line, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: Norwich to Tilbury (examination closed, recommendation due, 1454 m).
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
Public footpath 27 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.
Also on the record
3 listed buildings within 150 m; Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Hintlesham built-up area; Priority habitat 9 m away: Deciduous woodland; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, 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 scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 2 November 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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 Planning Application
Postcode
IP8 3PS
Received
1 Sept 2025
Validated
22 Oct 2025
Ward
Copdock & Washbrook
Parish
Hintlesham
Case officer
Show
Target decision
30 Sept 2026
Decision
Granted
Decision date
28 Jul 2026
Decision level
Committee
Applicant
Show
Agent
Innerspace Associates Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 279 days from validation, 214 days slower than Babergh Mid Suffolk's median of 65 for full applications. Approved, as 82% of full applications here are.

43%decided within 8 weeks
82%approved
378decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Babergh Mid Suffolk in the last twelve months, from validation. Babergh Mid Suffolk decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

17 neighbours consulted · Last counted 9 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14295281
Planning Portal ref
PP-14295281
Neighbours
27 Oct 2025
Consultation
24 Jun 2026
Comments by
8 Jul 2026
Site or press notice
28 Oct 2025
Committee
22 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry
17 Dec 2025
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