Red House Hall Street Long Melford Suffolk Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Full Planning Application - Use of first floor as a holiday let (following recent conversion to residential use under ) Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 14 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 15 Aug 2026
Documents 9
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 2
Plans & drawings 1
Application forms 1
Associated applications 2
Part of
- FullFull Planning Application - Use of first floor as a holiday let (following recent conversion…This applicationDC/26/02348
Site constraints 6
Show all 28 with distances
- 37 mRed House and Cocoanut HouseGrade II
- 37 mHouse Owned by Alston Limited Adjoining Cocoanut House on the NorthGrade II
- 38 mHouse and Shopowned by Mr S J Collett to the South of Brook StreetGrade II
- 39 mWall to the West of Brook HouseGrade II
- 43 mShop Premises and Bassetts HouseGrade II
- 47 mBrook HouseGrade II*
- 55 mThe Swan InnGrade II
- 65 mDuck CottageGrade II
- 74 mCleeve CottageGrade II
- 74 mMelford HouseGrade II
- 77 mWalnuttree HouseGrade II
- 79 mThe PharmacyGrade II
- 83 mThe NookeryGrade II
- 86 mBells House and Village StoresGrade II
- 99 mChurch House Mill Ford House West LynnGrade II
- 99 mBull HotelGrade II*
- 101 m7-9, Hall StreetGrade II
- 105 mWalcot HouseGrade II
- 106 mPrimrose CottageGrade II
- 111 mLime Tree House the LindensGrade II
- 112 mFine Fare StoresGrade II
- 115 mBridge ViewGrade II
- 117 mBunyan Cottage and North Part of Melford GalleriesGrade II
- 123 mFord EndGrade II
- 129 mSouth Part of Melford Galleries and Garage PremisesGrade II
- 142 mOld Court HouseGrade II
- 145 mBelmontGrade II
- 149 mCrown InnGrade II
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.
Sales history 2
Last sold for £450,000 in August 2023. Detached 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 August 2014, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- Babergh Mid Suffolk
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Postcode
- CO10 9JQ
- Received
- 3 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 4 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Long Melford
- Parish
- Long Melford
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 30 Jul 2026
- Decision
- Granted
- Decision date
- 14 Aug 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Ben Elvin Planning Consultancy
- Freehold owner
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 71 days from validation, 15 days slower than Babergh Mid Suffolk's median of 56 for changes of use. Approved, as 79% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Babergh Mid Suffolk in the last twelve months, from validation. Babergh Mid Suffolk decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
10 neighbours consulted · Last counted 15 Aug 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14982458
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14982458
- Neighbours
- 9 Jun 2026
- Consultation
- 8 Jun 2026
- Comments by
- 7 Jul 2026
- Site or press notice
- 12 Jun 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 30 Jul 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
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%).
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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Council archive
Red House & Cocoanut House Hall Street Long Melford CO10 9JQ
Full Planning Application - Change of use of front office at first floor level of Cocoanut House to form an additional bedroom to the existing first floor flat at Red House, including internal alterations and introduction of air source heating and cooling system.
- Received
- 27 Mar 2024
- Decided
- 16 Jul 2024
- Outcome
- Approved