The Hall Hall Road Lavenham Sudbury Suffolk CO10 9QX Data via plota.co.uk

DC/25/04034 - Listed Building Consent Allowed on appeal

Proposal

Application for Listed Building Consent - Proposed replacement entrance gates Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
10 Sept 2025
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Validated
13 Oct 2025
✓
Consultation
15 Oct 2025
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Refused
8 Dec 2025
✓
Appeal allowed
8 Apr 2026

Refused on 8 Dec 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 9 Oct 2026

Documents 40

Other documents 19

PDF NP POLICY D1 Appeal Correspondence · 11 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF LIST DESCRIPTION - LAVENHAM HALL Appeal Correspondence · 11 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF LIST DESCRIPTION - CHURCH Appeal Correspondence · 11 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF QUESTIONNAIRE Appeal Correspondence · 10 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF QUESTIONNAIRE - TPO Appeal Correspondence · 10 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF QUESTIONNAIRE - SITE NOTICE Appeal Correspondence · 10 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF QUESTIONNAIRE - POLICY LP19 Appeal Correspondence · 10 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF QUESTIONNAIRE - NP POLICY D2 Appeal Correspondence · 10 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF QUESTIONNAIRE - NP HEADER PAGE Appeal Correspondence · 10 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF QUESTIONNAIRE - CONSERVATION AREA MAP Appeal Correspondence · 10 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF QUESTIONNAIRE - JLP HEADER PAGE Appeal Correspondence · 10 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF QUESTIONNAIRE - CIL CHARGING SCHEDULE Appeal Correspondence · 10 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF QUESTIONNAIRE - CIL RATE SUMMARY Appeal Correspondence · 10 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF QUESTIONNAIRE - PRESS ADVERT Appeal Correspondence · 10 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF QUESTIONNAIRE - APPLICATION NOTIFICATION LETTER Appeal Correspondence · 10 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF QUESTIONNAIRE - APPLICATION LIST OF THOSE NOTIFIED Appeal Correspondence · 10 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF QUESTIONNAIRE - APPEAL LIST OF THOSE NOTIFIED Appeal Correspondence · 10 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF QUESTIONNAIRE - APPEAL NOTIFICATION LETTER Appeal Correspondence · 10 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF APPEAL START NOTIFICATION Appeal Correspondence · 3 Feb 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 2

Site constraints 6

Grade II listed: Lavenham Hall
List entry 1351502 · 2 m away · 2 more listed buildings within 150 m (1 Grade I, 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.
Show the other 2 with distances
Historic England ↗
Lavenham conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Also on the record
Local nature reserve 370 m away: The Railway Walks; Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Lavenham built-up area; 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 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £1,750,000 in July 2026. Detached house, freehold.

27 July 2026£1,750,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area520 m² (5,597 sq ft)
Energy ratingE (48 out of 100), could reach D
PropertyDetached house, 14 habitable rooms
BuiltBefore 1900
HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas, Boiler and radiators, mains gas
WallsTimber frame, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in March 2016, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Application type
Listed Building Consent
Postcode
CO10 9QX
Received
10 Sept 2025
Validated
13 Oct 2025
Ward
Lavenham
Parish
Lavenham
Case officer
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Target decision
8 Dec 2025
Decision
Refused
Decision date
8 Dec 2025
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Appeal
Allowed · 8 Apr 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6004167 ↗
Applicant
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Agent
Project 5 Architecture LLP

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 55 days. Approved, as 96% of listed building works here are.

71%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
401decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 9 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14318867
Planning Portal ref
PP-14318867
Consultation
15 Oct 2025
Comments by
21 Nov 2025
Site or press notice
31 Oct 2025
Statutory expiry
8 Dec 2025
Env. assessment
No
Babergh Mid Suffolk
Planning Authority Score
7.7/10
Good
#33 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other 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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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.