Gateway House Ipswich Road Needham Market Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8EL

1. 26 Aug 2026

   Received by Babergh

2. 27 Aug 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 7 Sep 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 22 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 condition discharge and variation applications in a median of 49 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.

• Gateway House Ipswich Road Needham Market Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8EL

  DC/26/03751 Submitted 26 Aug 2026 50 yards away

  95% historically approved · decision due ~22 Oct

  Application under Section 73 of The Town and Country Planning Act 1990 - Variation of Condition 2 (Expiry of Permission) of Planning Permission DC/24/05195 dated 23/01/25 - Siting of new temporary buildings to provide soil shed, office, laboratory and tea room to be used in connection with the existing building and retention of storage container

  Awaiting decision Conditions 4 docs
  Small domestic

• Gateway House Ipswich Road Needham Market Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8EL

  DC/20/05629 Submitted 9 Dec 2020 50 yards away

  Planning Application - Erection of container over existing to provide additional archive storage with external staircase and placing 2 No portacabins over existing laboratory buildings.

  Granted Full applications 13 docs

• Lion Barn House Maitland Road Needham Market IP6 8NZ

  4427/16 Submitted 28 Oct 2016 200 yards away

  Erection of 8 No. flats and associated vehicular access and external works following demolition of existing dwelling

  Refused Full applications New dwelling Demolition 34 docs
  Several homes

• Needham Chalks Ltd Ipswich Road Needham Market Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8EL

  DC/25/04664 Submitted 21 Oct 2025 200 yards away

  Discharge of Conditions Application for 3153/14 - Part discharge of Condition 12 for Parts 4 and 5 for plots 1-2, 132-136, 198- 193 and public open space only.

  Split decision Conditions 11 docs

• Land At Needham Chalks St George's Park Ipswich Road Needham Market IP6 8EL

  DC/25/05212 Submitted 27 Nov 2025 200 yards away

  Application for a Non-Material Amendment relating to 3153/14 - Addition of low level 450mm timber knee rail fencing along private driveways abutting hillside boundary between Plots 75 and 76 (with lockable removable panel for maintenance) and also between Plots 85-86.

  Granted Amendments 6 docs

• Land At Needham Chalks St George's Park Ipswich Road Needham Market IP6 8EL

  DC/25/05212 Submitted 27 Nov 2025 200 yards away

  Application for a Non-Material Amendment relating to 3153/14 - Addition of low level 450mm timber knee rail fencing along private driveways abutting hillside boundary between Plots 75 and 76 (with lockable removable panel for maintenance) and also between Plots 85-86.

  Granted Amendments 6 docs

• DC/26/00236 Granted

  Chilton Woods Mixed Development To North Of Woodhall Business Park Sudbury Suffolk

  Discharge of Conditions Application for B/15/01718 - Part discharge of Conditions 38 (Landscaping) and 43 (Open Space) for phase 4 only.

  Received 21 Jan, published by the council 24 Jul 2026 Conditions
• DC/26/00355 Refused

  Land To The Rear Of 30 Market Hill Sudbury Suffolk

  Application under Section 73 of The Town and Country Planning Act 1990 - Variation of Condition 2 (Approved Plans and Documents) and Condition 12 (Provision of Access Prior to Any Other Works Commencing) of Planning Permission DC/25/05227 dated 23/01/2026 - Erection of 4No. (terraced) dwellings and alterations/improvement to: (1) outbuilding to form cycle store, (2) boundary wall and (3) existing access.

  Received 28 Jan, published by the council 24 Jul 2026 Conditions
• DC/26/04408 Awaiting decision

  The National Grid (Bramford To Twinstead Reinforcement) Order 2024

  Submission of Details reserved by Requirement 6 Detailed Written Scheme of Investigation for Stage 3 of the authorised development pursuant to The National Grid (Bramford To Twinstead Reinforcement) Order 2024

  Received 9 Oct, published by the council 11 Oct 2026 Conditions
• DC/26/04407 Awaiting decision

  High Elm Bungalow Crowfield Road Stonham Aspal Suffolk

  Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/24/01026 - Condition 3 (Biodiversity Net Gain)

  Received 9 Oct, published by the council 11 Oct 2026 Conditions
• DC/26/04395 Awaiting decision

  Little Wenham Hall Hall Lane Wenham Parva Colchester Suffolk CO7 6PZ

  Discharge of Conditions for DC/24/02709 - Condition 14 (Historic Floor Finishes- Building D)

  Received 8 Oct, published by the council 11 Oct 2026 Conditions