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Part Land Adjacent Terra Cotta Easton Lane Hacheston Suffolk

Awaiting decision East Suffolk DC/26/0143/CLP Lawful Development Certificate(Existing)

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Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness - This application is to confirm that the existing consent, DC/22/3807/VOC, remains in place. Specifically, that the consented development has been commenced and pre-construction conditions were discharged and construction work was begun on the access in compliance with Condition 1: "The development hereby permitted shall be begun not later than the expiration of three years from 1st October 2021 as the date of original consent". The LDC is now required to enable the land to be marketed with the existing consent confirmed.

As published by the council, reference DC/26/0143/CLP

Application record

Reference
DC/26/0143/CLP
Type
Lawful Development Certificate(Existing)
Status
Awaiting decision
Received
14 Jan 2026
Validated
14 Jan 2026
Ward
Wickham Market
Parish
Hacheston

Site history

Applications at this address on the East Suffolk register

This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • DC/26/0143/CLE Granted

    Part Land Adjacent Terra Cotta Easton Lane Hacheston Suffolk

    Certificate of Lawfulness - This application is to confirm that the existing consent, DC/22/3807/VOC, remains in place. Specifically, that the consented development has been commenced and pre-construction conditions were discharged and construction work was begun on the access in compliance with Condition 1: "The development hereby permitted shall be begun not later than the expiration of three years from 1st October 2021 as the date of original consent". The LDC is now required to enable the land to be marketed with the existing consent confirmed.

    Decided 4 Mar 2026 Lawful development

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 14 Jan 2026

    Received by East Suffolk

  2. 9 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 11 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.

What 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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    DC/26/0143/CLE Submitted 14 Jan 2026 0m away

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    Granted Lawful development 8 docs
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