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

1. 21 Aug 2026

   Received by Babergh

2. 31 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 16 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.

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

  DC/26/03640 Submitted 21 Aug 2026 50 yards away

  89% historically approved · decision due ~16 Oct

  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.

  Awaiting decision Lawful development
  Domestic

• Kelryan House Red House Lane Great Cornard Sudbury Suffolk CO10 0JB

  DC/25/03824 Submitted 28 Aug 2025 100 yards away

  Application for Outline Planning Permission (Access points to be considered, all other matters reserved) Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) - for the erection of up to 4 No Single Storey Dwellings including a New Private Access Drive from Red House Lane

  Granted Outline 52 docs
  Small domestic

• Kelryan House Red House Lane Great Cornard Sudbury Suffolk CO10 0JB

  DC/25/03824 Submitted 28 Aug 2025 100 yards away

  Application for Outline Planning Permission (Access points to be considered, all other matters reserved) Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) - for the erection of up to 4 No Single Storey Dwellings including a New Private Access Drive from Red House Lane

  Granted Outline 52 docs
  Small domestic

• The Red House 126 Bures Road Great Cornard Sudbury Suffolk CO10 0JG

  DC/24/02574 Submitted 6 Jun 2024 150 yards away

  Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/23/04040 - Condition 3 (Sample pointing of Brickwork - Front Elevation) and 4 (Sample pointing of Brickwork - Side Elevation)

  Granted Conditions 4 docs

• The Red House 126 Bures Road Great Cornard Sudbury Suffolk CO10 0JG

  DC/24/02574 Submitted 6 Jun 2024 150 yards away

  Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/23/04040 - Condition 3 (Sample pointing of Brickwork - Front Elevation) and 4 (Sample pointing of Brickwork - Side Elevation)

  Granted Conditions 4 docs

• 120 Bures Road Great Cornard Sudbury CO10 0JG

  BIE/16/01517 Submitted 15 Aug 2016 200 yards away

  93% historically approved · decision due ~10 Oct

  Damp-proofing measures to Grade II Listed Building

  Awaiting decision

• 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