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DC/25/04995 - Householder Planning Application Approved

Proposal

Householder Application - Alterations to existing dwelling, side extension and front porch and remove existing rear boot room. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

11 Nov 2025

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Validated

12 Nov 2025

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Consultation

23 Feb 2026

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Approved

19 Mar 2026

Approved on 19 Mar 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 7 Oct 2026

Documents 10

Site constraints 4

Agricultural land, grade 2

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) agrees.

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.

National infrastructure project 82 m away: Bramford to Twinstead

The site is 82 m from the project boundary. Electricity line, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted.

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 ↗

Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Priority habitat 23 m away: Deciduous woodland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 7 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate 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 £645,000 in January 2026. Other property, freehold.

9 January 2026£645,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

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

Building

Floor area176 m² (1,894 sq ft)

Energy ratingF (21 out of 100), could reach C

PropertyDetached house, 7 habitable rooms

BuiltBefore 1900

HeatingBoiler and radiators, oil

WallsSolid brick, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in January 2021, 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: Householder Planning Application
Postcode: CO6 4PP
Received: 11 Nov 2025
Validated: 12 Nov 2025
Parish: Leavenheath
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 20 Mar 2026
Decision: Granted
Decision date: 19 Mar 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Trudys Architectural Consultants

How this decision compares

Decided in 127 days from validation, 72 days slower than Babergh Mid Suffolk's median of 55 for householder applications. Approved, as 92% of householder applications here are.

This one127d

Council55d

UK55d

73%decided within 8 weeks

92%approved

450decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

1 neighbour consulted · Last counted 7 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14480274
Planning Portal ref: PP-14480274
Neighbours: 13 Nov 2025
Consultation: 23 Feb 2026
Comments by: 9 Mar 2026
Site or press notice: 28 Nov 2025
Statutory expiry: 7 Jan 2026
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

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.