Bridge House Buildings Gipping Road Great Blakenham Ipswich Suffolk IP6 0HX

This site has had 2 applications since 2025.

• DC/25/03608 Awaiting decision

  Bridge House Buildings Gipping Road Great Blakenham Ipswich Suffolk IP6 0HX

  Planning Application - Proposed demolition of an existing structure and erection of a side extension to accommodate a new air chiller system, together with the installation of two storage containers and externally mounted gas coolers

  Submitted 13 Aug 2025 Full applications

1. 12 Aug 2026

   Received by Babergh

2. 21 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 7 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.

• Bridge House Buildings Gipping Road Great Blakenham Ipswich Suffolk IP6 0HX

  DC/25/03608 Submitted 13 Aug 2025 50 yards away

  80% historically approved · decision due ~9 Oct

  Planning Application - Proposed demolition of an existing structure and erection of a side extension to accommodate a new air chiller system, together with the installation of two storage containers and externally mounted gas coolers

  Awaiting decision Full applications Extension Demolition 40 docs

• Bridge House Buildings Gipping Road Great Blakenham Ipswich Suffolk IP6 0HX

  DC/26/03477 Submitted 12 Aug 2026 50 yards away

  89% historically approved · decision due ~7 Oct

  Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for a Proposed Use or Development - Erection of an above-ground circular steel water storage structure installed on a flat base foundation.

  Awaiting decision Lawful development

• Bridge House Buildings Gipping Road Great Blakenham Ipswich Suffolk IP6 0HX

  DC/25/03608 Submitted 13 Aug 2025 50 yards away

  80% historically approved · decision due ~9 Oct

  Planning Application - Proposed demolition of an existing structure and erection of a side extension to accommodate a new air chiller system, together with the installation of two storage containers and externally mounted gas coolers

  Awaiting decision Full applications Extension Demolition 40 docs

• Part Land Adjacent To Units 36 & 37 Claydon Business Park Gipping Road Great Blakenham Ipswich

  DC/24/02130 Submitted 7 May 2024 250 yards away

  Full Planning Application - Erection of B2 unit for use as a motor vehicle workshop / garage services and associated works

  Granted Full applications 21 docs

• Part Land Adjacent To Units 36 & 37 Claydon Business Park Gipping Road Great Blakenham Ipswich

  DC/26/01043 Submitted 11 Mar 2026 250 yards away

  Application under S73 for Removal or Variation of a Condition following grant of Planning Permission DC/24/02130 dated 25/07/2024 Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) - Erection of B2 unit for use as a motor vehicle workshop / garage services and associated works. To vary Condition 2 (Approved Plans and Documents), and Removal of Condition 4 (Agreement of Materials) and Condition 6 (Cycle Storage) as per submitted plans and documents.

  Granted Conditions 9 docs

• Part Land Adjacent To Units 36 & 37 Claydon Business Park Gipping Road Great Blakenham Ipswich

  DC/26/01043 Submitted 11 Mar 2026 250 yards away

  Application under S73 for Removal or Variation of a Condition following grant of Planning Permission DC/24/02130 dated 25/07/2024 Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) - Erection of B2 unit for use as a motor vehicle workshop / garage services and associated works. To vary Condition 2 (Approved Plans and Documents), and Removal of Condition 4 (Agreement of Materials) and Condition 6 (Cycle Storage) as per submitted plans and documents.

  Granted Conditions 9 docs

• 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