Planning application
Part Land Adjacent Terra Cotta Easton Lane Hacheston Suffolk
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
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.
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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.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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14 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 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 53 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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