Planning application
Container Storage Tothill Services Tot Hill Haughley IP14 3QQ
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for an existing use. Existing containers and storage business.
As published by the council, reference DC/26/03207
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/03207
- Type
- Lawful Development Certificate Existing
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 24 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 27 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Haughley, Stowupland & Wetherden
- Parish
- Haughley
- Postcode
- IP14 3QQ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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24 Jul 2026
Received by Babergh
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27 Jul 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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31 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 21 September 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 49 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
JMS Planning & Development Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Halesworth
Active · incorporated 2015 · Halesworth
311 applications on PlanIndex · across 108 councils · 94% granted
Trade members see everything this firm has filed, how it was decided, and get an email the day it files again.
See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
9 documents on file for this application
- ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RESPONSE
- ENV. RESPONSE - NOISE/ODOUR/LIGHT/SMOKE
- ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE
- APPLICATION FORM
- AERIAL IMAGES 2007-2024 TOTHILL SERVICES
- SITE LOCATION PLAN TOT-FRO-GEN-021-P-11A LOCATION PLAN A1
- EXISTING SITE PLAN A1 TOT-FRO-GEN-021-P-13A
- CLUED COVERING LETTER JULY 2026
- STAT DEC TOTHILL CONTAINERS
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
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.
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.
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