Planning application
The Garden Cottage 2 Ipswich Road Orford Woodbridge Suffolk IP12 2LT
Works: New dwelling Domestic
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Erection of 1.5 storey 2 bedroom dwelling as a self build project
As published by the council, reference DC/25/4800/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- DC/25/4800/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 11 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 9 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Rendlesham And Orford
- Parish
- Orford
- Postcode
- IP12 2LT
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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11 Dec 2025
Received by East Suffolk
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9 Jan 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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9 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 6 March 2026, 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 54 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Agent on file, an architecture practice registered in Saxmundham
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19 documents on file for this application
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This application is with East Suffolk for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year East Suffolk decided full applications in a median of 68 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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