Woodlands Farm Stradbroke Road Fressingfield Eye Suffolk IP21 5SX

1. 5 Mar 2026

   Received by Babergh

2. 6 Mar 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 9 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 1 May 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

   Babergh took a median of 48 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

This application is with Babergh for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Babergh decided lawful development applications in a median of 57 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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.

• Woodlands Farm Stradbroke Road Fressingfield Eye Suffolk IP21 5SX

  DC/26/00954 Submitted 5 Mar 2026 0m away

  93% historically approved · decision due ~1 May

  Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for a Proposed Use or Development. Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) - The existing dwelling is C3 residential, the proposed mobile home will be used ancillary to this use and therefore no material change of use will occur.

  Awaiting decision Lawful development
  Domestic

• Barn At Oxbridge Farm Storeys Lane Fressingfield Eye Suffolk IP21 5SY

  DC/17/05418 Submitted 25 Oct 2017 471m away

  Notification for Prior Approval for a Proposed Change of Use of Agricultural Building to a Dwellinghouse (Class C3) under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q (a) and (b) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 and Associated Operational Development

  Refused Prior approval 19 docs
  Domestic

• Barn At Oxbridge Farm Storeys Lane Fressingfield Eye Suffolk IP21 5SY

  DC/17/05418 Submitted 25 Oct 2017 471m away

  Notification for Prior Approval for a Proposed Change of Use of Agricultural Building to a Dwellinghouse (Class C3) under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q (a) and (b) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 and Associated Operational Development

  Refused Prior approval 19 docs
  Domestic

• DC/26/03764 Awaiting decision

  1 Clarke Close Palgrave Diss Suffolk IP22 1BE

  Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for a Proposed Use or Development - Erection of rear extension in brick and slate to match the existing dwelling

  1 Sep 2026 Lawful development
• DC/26/03732 Awaiting decision

  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.

  1 Sep 2026 Lawful development
• DC/26/03804 Awaiting decision

  Site 1 Main Road Woolverstone

  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) - Lawful Development sought to confirm lawful commencement of DC/25/04715 via the construction of foundations to Site 1 Plot 1 (Phase 1).

  27 Aug 2026 Lawful development
• DC/26/03640 Awaiting decision

  Orchard House 4A Mill Tye Great Cornard Sudbury Suffolk CO10 0JA

  Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for a Proposed Use or Development - Use of the land to site a mobile home for incidental use to the main dwellinghouse.

  21 Aug 2026 Lawful development
• DC/26/03598 Awaiting decision

  Luton House George Street Hintlesham Ipswich Suffolk IP8 3NH

  Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for a Proposed Use or Development. Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) - Works to existing rear roof and other alterations

  19 Aug 2026 Lawful development