Groton Farm House Church Street Groton CO10 5EH

1. 29 Sep 2025

   Received by Babergh

2. 30 Sep 2025

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 17 Dec 2025

   Decision issued: Was Lawful

4. 9 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Babergh granted permission on 17 December 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.

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.

• Groton Farm House Church Street Groton CO10 5EH

  DC/25/04303 Submitted 29 Sep 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). Continued use of caravan as residential dwelling.

  Granted Lawful development 9 docs
  Domestic

• Hunters Park Church Street Groton Sudbury Suffolk CO10 5EH

  DC/17/05191 Submitted 13 Oct 2017 100 yards away

  Tree Preservation Order- Reduce fallen hung up branches, remove 3-4 stems by up to 40% on Holm Oak (T1) protected under Tree Preservation Order BT22/A2

  Granted Trees 4 docs

• Hunters Park Church Street Groton Sudbury Suffolk CO10 5EH

  DC/17/05191 Submitted 13 Oct 2017 100 yards away

  Tree Preservation Order- Reduce fallen hung up branches, remove 3-4 stems by up to 40% on Holm Oak (T1) protected under Tree Preservation Order BT22/A2

  Granted Trees 4 docs

• Daisy Green Groton Suffolk

  DC/25/04220 Submitted 22 Sep 2025 400 yards away

  Development by a Statutory Undertaker - Erection of 1 No. 8m pole (28 days to respond)

  Granted 3 docs

• Daisy Green Groton Suffolk

  DC/25/04220 Submitted 22 Sep 2025 400 yards away

  Development by a Statutory Undertaker - Erection of 1 No. 8m pole (28 days to respond)

  Granted 3 docs

• 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