Planning application
3 Godfreys Wood Melton Woodbridge Suffolk IP12 1QY
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Conversion of garage to ancillary accommodation, and erection of detached cartlodge.
As published by the council, reference DC/26/0046/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/0046/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 7 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 7 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Melton
- Parish
- Melton
- Postcode
- IP12 1QY
Site history
Applications at this address on the East Suffolk register
This site has had 3 applications since 2025.
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DC/25/4181/CLP Withdrawn
3 Godfreys Wood Melton Woodbridge Suffolk IP12 1QY
Certificate of Lawful Use (Proposed) - Proposed detached cartlodge (all as per Drawing No.03 attached as part of this application)
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DC/25/4028/CLP Withdrawn
3 Godfreys Wood Melton Woodbridge Suffolk IP12 1QY
Certificate of Lawful Use (Proposed) - Garage conversion and internal (walls removed) and external (new windows/doors) alterations to existing dwellinghouse all as per Drawing No.01 rev A and forming part of this application.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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7 Jan 2026
Received by East Suffolk
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9 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 4 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 53 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Wilkinson Planning Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Stowmarket
Active · incorporated 2019 · Stowmarket
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
15 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 full applications in a median of 68 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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