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St Johns Church St Johns Hill Woodbridge Suffolk IP12 1HS

Awaiting decision East Suffolk DC/26/2034/FUL Full Application

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

Installation of external LD lights on the easterly, southerly and westerly elevations of the church and motion activated bollard lighting of the footpaths

As published by the council, reference DC/26/2034/FUL

Application record

Reference
DC/26/2034/FUL
Type
Full Application
Status
Awaiting decision
Received
2 Jun 2026
Validated
22 Jun 2026
Ward
Woodbridge
Parish
Woodbridge
Postcode
IP12 1HS

Site history

Applications at this address on the East Suffolk register

This site has had 2 applications since 2024: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • DC/24/2835/TCA Granted

    St Johns Church St Johns Hill Woodbridge Suffolk IP12 1HS

    1no. Group of Yew (marked group of 5 on plan) - Fell 1no. Group of Yew (marked group of 2 on plan) - Reduce canopy to finished radius of 2 metres and reduce height by up to 1 metre 1no. Sycamore (marked large sycamore on plan) - Prune to create a clearance of 3 metres from the church building 1no. Sycamore (marked small sycamore on plan) - Fell 1no. Yew (marked yew, box on plan) - Fell 3no. Laurel (marked on plan) - Fell

    Decided 18 Sep 2024 Trees

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 2 Jun 2026

    Received by East Suffolk

  2. 22 Jun 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 27 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 17 August 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.

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

18 documents on file for this application

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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 full applications in a median of 68 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About full applications

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  • St Johns Church St Johns Hill Woodbridge Suffolk

    DC/25/3928/FUL Submitted 14 Oct 2025 0m away

    Installation of external LED lights on the Easterly, Southerly and Westerly elevations of the church and bollard lighting along the footpaths

    Withdrawn Full applications 14 docs

  • St Johns Church St Johns Hill Woodbridge Suffolk IP12 1HS

    DC/24/2835/TCA Submitted 7 Aug 2024 25m away

    1no. Group of Yew (marked group of 5 on plan) - Fell 1no. Group of Yew (marked group of 2 on plan) - Reduce canopy to finished radius of 2 metres and reduce height by up to 1 metre 1no. Sycamore (marked large sycamore on plan) - Prune to create a clearance of 3 metres from the church building 1no. Sycamore (marked small sycamore on plan) - Fell 1no. Yew (marked yew, box on plan) - Fell 3no. Laurel (marked on plan) - Fell

    Granted Trees 5 docs

  • 18 St Johns Hill Woodbridge Suffolk IP12 1HS

    DC/26/0471/TCA Submitted 5 Feb 2026 40m away

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    Awaiting decision Trees 4 docs

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