The Hermitage Bury Road Shimpling Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 0JL

This site has had 2 applications since 2026.

• DC/26/02718 Awaiting decision

  The Hermitage Bury Road Shimpling Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 0JL

  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 B/06/00924 dated 10/11/2006 has been lawfully commenced in accordance with Condition 1 of the respective permissions.

  Submitted 24 Jun 2026 Lawful development

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.

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 58 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.

• The Hermitage Bury Road Shimpling Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 0JL

  DC/26/02718 Submitted 24 Jun 2026 50 yards away

  89% historically approved · decision due ~19 Aug

  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 B/06/00924 dated 10/11/2006 has been lawfully commenced in accordance with Condition 1 of the respective permissions.

  Awaiting decision Lawful development

• The Hermitage Bury Road Shimpling Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 0JL

  DC/26/03439 Submitted 10 Aug 2026 50 yards away

  89% historically approved · decision due ~6 Oct

  Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Works to a Listed Building The Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990; The Planning (Listed Buildings)(Certificates of Lawfulness of Proposed Works) Regulations 2014 - Confirmation that Listed Building Consent B/06/00925 dated 10.11.2006 has been lawfully commenced in accordance with Condition 1 of the respective permission.

  Awaiting decision Lawful development 3 docs

• The Hermitage Bury Road Shimpling Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 0JL

  DC/26/02718 Submitted 24 Jun 2026 50 yards away

  89% historically approved · decision due ~19 Aug

  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 B/06/00924 dated 10/11/2006 has been lawfully commenced in accordance with Condition 1 of the respective permissions.

  Awaiting decision Lawful development

• The Hermitage Bury Road Shimpling IP30 0JL

  DC/26/00922 Submitted 4 Mar 2026 50 yards away

  Application for Listed Building Consent. Strip the existing cementitious render and re-render in lime render. Decorate in a mineral paint, colour to match existing.

  Granted Heritage and listed buildings 8 docs

• The Hermitage Bury Road Shimpling IP30 0JL

  DC/26/00922 Submitted 4 Mar 2026 50 yards away

  Application for Listed Building Consent. Strip the existing cementitious render and re-render in lime render. Decorate in a mineral paint, colour to match existing.

  Granted Heritage and listed buildings 8 docs

• Laburinthos Cottage Bury Road Cockfield Bury St Edmunds IP30 0JJ

  BIE/17/00341 Submitted 27 Feb 2017 250 yards away

  93% historically approved · decision due ~24 Apr

  Duty walk in appointment - 27/02/17 - 12.00 - Erection of new dwelling

  Awaiting decision New dwelling
  Domestic

• 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