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Mill Farm Field Land Bounded By The Street And Station Road Somerleyton Suffolk NR32 5QL

Awaiting decision East Suffolk DC/26/2502/CLE Lawful Development Certificate(Existing)

Relates to DC/26/0312/AME, DC/25/4252/AME

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Proposal

Certificate of Lawful Use (Existing) - Commencement of Planning Application DC/21/4745/FUL, as amended by DC/25/4252/AME and DC/26/0312/AME, which granted permission for: Phased development of the existing agricultural field site known as Mill Farm Field to provide thirty-five homes, with associated access roads, parking and landscaping including the creation of two new public green open spaces.

As published by the council, reference DC/26/2502/CLE

Application record

Reference
DC/26/2502/CLE
Type
Lawful Development Certificate(Existing)
Status
Awaiting decision
Received
13 Jul 2026
Validated
13 Jul 2026
Ward
Lothingland
Parish
Ashby, Herringfleet And Somerleyton
Postcode
NR32 5QL

Site history

Applications at this address on the East Suffolk register

This site has had 4 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • DC/26/1571/VLA Granted

    Mill Farm Field Land Bounded By The Street And Station Road Somerleyton Suffolk NR32 5QL

    Variation of Legal Agreement of DC/21/4745/FUL - Development of the existing agricultural field site known as Mill Farm Field to provide thirty-five homes, with associated access roads, parking and landscaping including the creation of two new public green open spaces.

    Decided 26 Jun 2026 Conditions
  • DC/26/0312/AME Awaiting decision

    Mill Farm Field Land Bounded By The Street And Station Road Somerleyton Suffolk NR32 5QL

    Non Material Amendment of DC/21/4745/FUL - Development of the existing agricultural field site known as Mill Farm Field to provide thirty-five homes, with associated access roads, parking and landscaping including the creation of two new public green open spaces - This Non-Material Amendment (NMA) seeks to amend the planning conditions to allow for a phased discharge of conditions and a phased implementation of the development.

    Submitted 27 Jan 2026 Amendments
  • DC/25/4252/AME Granted

    Mill Farm Field Land Bounded By The Street And Station Road Somerleyton Suffolk NR32 5QL

    Non-material Amendment to DC/21/4745/FUL - Development of the existing agricultural field site known as Mill Farm Field to provide thirty-five homes, with associated access roads, parking and landscaping including the creation of two new public green open spaces - to amend the description to include the word 'phased' at the start of the description

    Decided 1 Dec 2025 Amendments

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 13 Jul 2026

    Received by East Suffolk

  2. 27 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 7 September 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.

Cases linked to this one on the register

  • DC/26/0312/AME Awaiting decision

    Mill Farm Field Land Bounded By The Street And Station Road Somerleyton Suffolk NR32 5QL

    Non Material Amendment of DC/21/4745/FUL - Development of the existing agricultural field site known as Mill Farm Field to provide thirty-five homes, with associated access roads, parking and landscaping including the creation of two new public green open spaces - This Non-Material Amendment (NMA) seeks to amend the planning conditions to allow for a phased discharge of conditions and a phased implementation of the development.

    Submitted 27 Jan 2026 Amendments
  • DC/25/4252/AME Granted

    Mill Farm Field Land Bounded By The Street And Station Road Somerleyton Suffolk NR32 5QL

    Non-material Amendment to DC/21/4745/FUL - Development of the existing agricultural field site known as Mill Farm Field to provide thirty-five homes, with associated access roads, parking and landscaping including the creation of two new public green open spaces - to amend the description to include the word 'phased' at the start of the description

    Decided 1 Dec 2025 Amendments

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Evolution Town Planning Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Bury St Edmunds

Active · incorporated 2017 · Bury St Edmunds

175 applications on PlanIndex · across 11 councils · 98% granted

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Documents

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

12 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 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.

Nearby applications

Within 500 metres

  • Part Land Fronting The Street And Station Road Somerleyton Suffolk

    DC/26/1306/DRC Submitted 7 Apr 2026 1m away

    99% historically approved · decision due ~2 Jun

    Discharge of Condition Nos 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 18, 21, 22, 23, 25, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 42 & 44 of DC/21/4745/FUL - Development of the existing agricultural field site known as Mill Farm Field to provide thirty-five homes, with associated access roads, parking and landscaping including the creation of two new public green open spaces - external materials, hard & soft landscaping, proposed accesses, surface water discharge (highways), estate roads and footpaths, electric car charging, construction management plan, cycle storage, surface water discharge, surface water implementation, maintenance and management, construction surface water management plan, lighting strategy, ecological enhancement strategy, archaeological investigation, tree protection scheme, sustainability and energy statement, completed sustainability measures, refuse and recycling storage, contamination investigation, contamination remediation, completion of contamination remediation, contamination remediation validation, foul drainage, fire hydrants and phasing

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  • Mill Farm Field Land Bounded By The Street And Station Road Somerleyton Suffolk NR32 5QL

    DC/26/1571/VLA Submitted 24 Apr 2026 1m away

    Variation of Legal Agreement of DC/21/4745/FUL - Development of the existing agricultural field site known as Mill Farm Field to provide thirty-five homes, with associated access roads, parking and landscaping including the creation of two new public green open spaces.

    Granted Conditions 4 docs

  • Mill Farm Field Land Bounded By The Street And Station Road Somerleyton Suffolk NR32 5QL

    DC/25/4252/AME Submitted 4 Nov 2025 1m away

    Non-material Amendment to DC/21/4745/FUL - Development of the existing agricultural field site known as Mill Farm Field to provide thirty-five homes, with associated access roads, parking and landscaping including the creation of two new public green open spaces - to amend the description to include the word 'phased' at the start of the description

    Granted Amendments 4 docs

  • Mill Farm Field Land Bounded By The Street And Station Road Somerleyton Suffolk NR32 5QL

    DC/26/0312/AME Submitted 27 Jan 2026 1m away

    91% historically approved · decision due ~24 Mar

    Non Material Amendment of DC/21/4745/FUL - Development of the existing agricultural field site known as Mill Farm Field to provide thirty-five homes, with associated access roads, parking and landscaping including the creation of two new public green open spaces - This Non-Material Amendment (NMA) seeks to amend the planning conditions to allow for a phased discharge of conditions and a phased implementation of the development.

    Awaiting decision Amendments 3 docs

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    Granted Full applications 15 docs
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    DC/25/4104/FUL Submitted 23 Oct 2025 158m away

    93% historically approved · decision due ~18 Dec

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    Awaiting decision Full applications Extension 4 docs
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