Timber Yard Cottage 12 Main Road Little Glemham Woodbridge Suffolk IP13 0BS Data via plota.co.uk

DC/25/4844/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Restoration, extension and conversion of a derelict sawmill and dovecote into a 3 bed dwelling. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
15 Dec 2025
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Approved
2 Mar 2026

Approved on 2 Mar 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 3 Oct 2026

Documents 36

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 7

Grade II listed: 12 and 13, Main Road
List entry 1230833 · 4 m away
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.
Historic England ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 2. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Registered park or garden 45 m away: Glemham Hall
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
National infrastructure project 1220 m away: The Sizewell C Project; Radon affected area, class 2; Priority habitat 1 m away: No main habitat but additional habitats present.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £325,000 in May 2024. Semi-detached house, freehold.

7 May 2024£325,000

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

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Important details

Application type
Full Application
Postcode
IP13 0BS
Received
15 Dec 2025
Validated
15 Dec 2025
Ward
Wickham Market
Parish
Little Glemham
Case officer
Show
Target decision
20 Feb 2026
Decision
Application Permitted
Decision date
2 Mar 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 77 days from validation, 21 days slower than East Suffolk's median of 56 for full applications. Approved, as 94% of full applications here are.

54%decided within 8 weeks
94%approved
828decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

2 neighbours consulted · Last counted 3 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
9 Feb 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

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