Planning application
Fig Tree Cottage 73B King Street Aldeburgh Suffolk IP15 5BZ
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Certificate of Lawful Use (Existing) - Use of Property as Two Residential Dwellings
As published by the council, reference DC/25/0658/CLE
Application record
- Reference
- DC/25/0658/CLE
- Type
- Lawful Development Certificate(Existing)
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 17 Feb 2025
- Validated
- 17 Feb 2025
- Ward
- Aldeburgh And Leiston
- Parish
- Aldeburgh
- Postcode
- IP15 5BZ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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17 Feb 2025
Received by East Suffolk
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11 Oct 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 14 April 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
East Suffolk took a median of 53 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Ben Elvin Planning Consultancy Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Stowmarket
Active · incorporated 2017 · Stowmarket
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
43 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with East Suffolk for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year East Suffolk decided lawful development applications in a median of 52 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About lawful development applications
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.
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