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Willow Farm Ashfield Road Elmswell Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9HG

Granted Babergh DC/25/03650 Lawful Development Certificate Existing

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for an Existing Use or Operation or Activity, including those in breach of a planning condition Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) - Commencement of the approved development at Willow Farm, Ashfield Road, Elmswell, IP30 9HG as detailed within submitted covering letter

As published by the council, reference DC/25/03650

Application record

Reference
DC/25/03650
Type
Lawful Development Certificate Existing
Status
Granted
Decision
Granted
Received
18 Aug 2025
Validated
19 Aug 2025
Decided
22 Sep 2025
Ward
Elmswell & Woolpit
Parish
Elmswell
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
IP30 9HG

Site history

Applications at this address on the Babergh register

This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 3 approved, 0 refused.

  • DC/26/01853 Granted

    Willow Farm Ashfield Road Elmswell Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9HG

    Application Reference Number: Application under S73 for the Removal or Variation of Conditions following grant of DC/24/02890 dated 23/08/2024 Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) Erection of 4no. dwellings (following demolition of barns. - To vary Condition 2 (Approved Plans and Documents) and Condition 16 (External Facing and Roofing Materials) and confirm compliance with Conditions 11 and 12, as per accompanying letter/details/plans submitted.

    Decided 10 Jul 2026 Conditions
  • DC/26/00174 Granted

    Willow Farm Ashfield Road Elmswell Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9HG

    Application for Listed Building Consent - Installation of PV panels, stripping and relaying of roofs, and installation of external weatherboarding

    Decided 9 Jun 2026 Heritage and listed buildings

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 18 Aug 2025

    Received by Babergh

  2. 19 Aug 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 22 Sep 2025

    Decision issued: Granted

  4. 9 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Evolution Town Planning Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Bury St Edmunds

Active · incorporated 2017 · Bury St Edmunds

201 applications on PlanIndex · across 12 councils · 98% granted

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Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

8 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Babergh granted permission on 22 September 2025, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About lawful development applications

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.

Nearby applications

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  • Willow Farm Ashfield Road Elmswell Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9HG

    DC/25/03650 Submitted 18 Aug 2025 50 yards away

    Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for an Existing Use or Operation or Activity, including those in breach of a planning condition Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) - Commencement of the approved development at Willow Farm, Ashfield Road, Elmswell, IP30 9HG as detailed within submitted covering letter

    Granted Lawful development 8 docs

  • Willow Farm Ashfield Road Elmswell Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9HG

    DC/26/01853 Submitted 30 Apr 2026 50 yards away

    Application Reference Number: Application under S73 for the Removal or Variation of Conditions following grant of DC/24/02890 dated 23/08/2024 Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) Erection of 4no. dwellings (following demolition of barns. - To vary Condition 2 (Approved Plans and Documents) and Condition 16 (External Facing and Roofing Materials) and confirm compliance with Conditions 11 and 12, as per accompanying letter/details/plans submitted.

    Granted Conditions Demolition 17 docs
    Several homes

  • Willow Farm Ashfield Road Elmswell Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9HG

    DC/22/04783 Submitted 26 Sep 2022 50 yards away

    Full Planning Application - Erection of 4no. dwellings (following demolition of barns)

    Granted Full applications Demolition 29 docs
    Several homes

  • Willow Farm Ashfield Road Elmswell Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9HG

    DC/26/01853 Submitted 30 Apr 2026 50 yards away

    Application Reference Number: Application under S73 for the Removal or Variation of Conditions following grant of DC/24/02890 dated 23/08/2024 Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) Erection of 4no. dwellings (following demolition of barns. - To vary Condition 2 (Approved Plans and Documents) and Condition 16 (External Facing and Roofing Materials) and confirm compliance with Conditions 11 and 12, as per accompanying letter/details/plans submitted.

    Granted Conditions Demolition 17 docs
    Several homes

  • Willow Farm Ashfield Road Elmswell Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9HG

    DC/26/00174 Submitted 16 Jan 2026 50 yards away

    Application for Listed Building Consent - Installation of PV panels, stripping and relaying of roofs, and installation of external weatherboarding

    Granted Heritage and listed buildings 21 docs

  • Willow Farm Ashfield Road Elmswell Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9HG

    DC/26/00174 Submitted 16 Jan 2026 50 yards away

    Application for Listed Building Consent - Installation of PV panels, stripping and relaying of roofs, and installation of external weatherboarding

    Granted Heritage and listed buildings 21 docs

In Babergh

  • DC/26/01935 Granted

    Chesford Hill House Lane Needham Market Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8EA

    Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for a Proposed Use or Development - Conversion of existing loft space to habitable accommodation

    Received 6 May, published by the council 24 Jul 2026 Lawful development
  • DC/26/03732 Granted

    5 The Limes Long Melford Sudbury Suffolk CO10 9SX

    Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for a Proposed Use or Development - Multi-functional use of a single room within the dwelling as a family hobby room, home gym, and private reflexology business including internal alterations.

    Received 1 Sep, published by the council 7 Sep 2026 Lawful development
  • DC/26/04154 Awaiting decision

    Land To The South And East Of Bullen Lane Bullen Lane Bramford

    Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for a Proposed Use or Development - Installation by a statutory undertaker of an electricity connection cable by horizontal directional drill at a depth of 7000mm from the Care Power (Bramford) Limited Battery Energy Storage System Site to the National Grid Bramford Substation.

    Received 23 Sep, published by the council 4 Oct 2026 Lawful development
  • DC/26/03042 Granted

    Barn At Thorpe Hall Thorpe Lane Ashfield Cum Thorpe Suffolk

    Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for an Existing Use or Operation or Activity including those in breach of a Planning Condition - Confirmation that Planning Permission 3057/10 (Conversion of redundant barn to form a residential dwelling) was lawfully commenced and therefore extant

    Received 15 Jul, published by the council 24 Jul 2026 Lawful development
  • DC/26/03207 Granted

    Container Storage Tothill Services Tot Hill Haughley IP14 3QQ

    Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for an existing use. Existing containers and storage business.

    Received 24 Jul, published by the council 31 Jul 2026 Lawful development