Planning application
Menton Cottage Church Road Cotton IP14 4RA
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Planning Application - Change of use of annex to 1no dwelling (retention of)
As published by the council, reference DC/25/05444
Application record
- Reference
- DC/25/05444
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Granted
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 12 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 15 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 18 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Bacton
- Parish
- Cotton
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- IP14 4RA
Site history
Applications at this address on the Babergh register
This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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DC/26/01644 Granted
Menton Cottage Church Road Cotton IP14 4RA
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/25/05444 - Condition 2 (Hard Surfacing and Cycle shed), 3 (Vehicular parking and Electric vehicle charging point) and 4 (Biodiversity Enhancement Measures)
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DC/25/03670 Awaiting decision
Menton Cottage Church Road Cotton IP14 4RA
Planning Application. Change of use of annexe to 1no dwelling
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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12 Dec 2025
Received by Babergh
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15 Dec 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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18 Feb 2026
Decision issued: Granted
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9 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
1 later application on the register refers to this one:
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DC/26/01644 Granted
Menton Cottage Church Road Cotton IP14 4RA
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/25/05444 - Condition 2 (Hard Surfacing and Cycle shed), 3 (Vehicular parking and Electric vehicle charging point) and 4 (Biodiversity Enhancement Measures)
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
21 documents on file for this application
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Babergh granted permission on 18 February 2026, 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.
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Granted Conditions 11 docsSmall domestic -
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