Wetherden Lodge Elmswell Road Wetherden Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 3LG

1. 10 Aug 2026

   Received by Babergh

2. 11 Aug 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 21 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 6 October 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 52 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

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• Wetherden Lodge Elmswell Road Wetherden Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 3LG

  DC/26/03409 Submitted 10 Aug 2026 50 yards away

  80% historically approved · decision due ~6 Oct

  Full Application - Change of use of part of existing adjacent agricultural use to private domestic garden, and associated works.

  Awaiting decision Full applications 4 docs

• Little London Barn Elmswell Road Wetherden Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 3LQ

  DC/17/03873 Submitted 25 Jul 2017 150 yards away

  Application under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act - without compliance with Conditions 2, change to roof structure, position of windows and finishing's. (Minor Material Amendment to Planning Permission 2745/13)

  Granted Conditions Windows or glazing 4 docs

• Little London Barn Elmswell Road Wetherden Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 3LQ

  DC/17/03873 Submitted 25 Jul 2017 150 yards away

  Application under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act - without compliance with Conditions 2, change to roof structure, position of windows and finishing's. (Minor Material Amendment to Planning Permission 2745/13)

  Granted Conditions Windows or glazing 4 docs

• Pulham Cottage Elmswell Road Wetherden IP14 3LQ

  4205/16 Submitted 11 Oct 2016 250 yards away

  Removal of internal 20th Century internal partition and replacement with new partition, repositioning of internal opening to kitchen, removal of internal 20th Century walls to utility room, replacement of external utility room door and window with window and lowering of internal utility room floor.

  Granted Heritage and listed buildings Windows or glazing 11 docs

• Little London Farm Elmswell Road Wetherden IP14 3LQ

  4114/16 Submitted 3 Oct 2016 250 yards away

  Erection of detached dwelling

  Granted Full applications New dwelling 16 docs
  Domestic

• Land North East Of Windmill Rise Wetherden Suffolk

  DC/21/00288 Submitted 15 Jan 2021 400 yards away

  Outline Planning Application (some matters reserved-access to be considered) Town and Country Planning Act 1990 - Erection of up to 3No dwellings (amended scheme to DC/19/05445)

  Refused Outline 27 docs
  Several homes

• DC/25/05346 Granted

  The Ram Market Place Hadleigh Ipswich Suffolk IP7 5DL

  Full Planning Application - Change of use of first floor to 2 no. C3 residential flats. Internal and external alterations to The Ram Public House, erection of single storey courtyard extension.

  Received 8 Dec, published by the council 9 Aug 2026 Full applications
• DC/26/03255 Granted

  38A Columbyne Close Stowupland Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4AP

  Full Planning Application - Construction of 2no. garden rooms (retention of)

  Received 29 Jul, published by the council 31 Aug 2026 Full applications
• DC/26/04310 Awaiting decision

  Unit 1 And 2 Chilton Leys Stowmarket

  Planning Application - Completion and alteration of the part-built commercial building at Unit 1 & 2, Suffolk Central Business Park, to facilitate its use as a children's day nursery, together with the formation of associated outdoor garden and playareas and car parking

  Received 5 Oct, published by the council 11 Oct 2026 Full applications
• DC/26/04288 Awaiting decision

  Springvale Court Hadleigh Road Sproughton IP8 3AS

  Planning Application. Change of Use of building and land as part of the Oakland Hall Children's Day Nursery

  Received 2 Oct, published by the council 11 Oct 2026 Full applications
• DC/26/02879 Granted

  The Barn The Lodge Hughes Road East Bergholt Colchester Essex CO7 6QU

  Full Planning Application - Change of use from barn to kennels.

  Received 6 Jul, published by the council 24 Jul 2026 Full applications