Planning application
Land At Audley End Melford Road Lawshall Suffolk
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Full Planning Application - Change of use from arable agricultural land to Birds of Prey displays, Experiences and Small Reptile Exhibits), including visitor parking, aviaries, reptile and reception buildings.
As published by the council, reference DC/25/04984
Application record
- Reference
- DC/25/04984
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Granted
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 11 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 13 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 28 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Chadacre
- Parish
- Lawshall
- Decision by
- Committee
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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11 Nov 2025
Received by Mid Suffolk
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13 Nov 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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28 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Granted
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31 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Who's behind it
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Optimum Architecture Ltd Agent, an architecture practice registered in Colchester
Active · incorporated 2007 · Colchester
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
95 documents on file for this application
- OBJECTION COMMENT
- FULL PLANNING - GRANT
- OBJECTION COMMENT
- COMMITTEE REPORT
- COMMITTEE ACTION SHEET
- OBJECTION COMMENT
- OBJECTION COMMENT
- OBJECTION COMMENT
- OBJECTION COMMENT
- OBJECTION COMMENT
- OBJECTION COMMENT
- OBJECTION COMMENT
- ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMENT
- OBJECTION COMMENT
- OBJECTION COMMENT
- SCC HIGHWAYS RESPONSE
- OBJECTION COMMENT
- OBJECTION COMMENT
- SITE SECTIONS AND ACCESS 1486-01-06A
- TRANSPORT STATEMENT
- HIGHWAYS RESPONSE
- OBJECTION COMMENT
- OBJECTION COMMENTS
- LAWSHALL PARISH COUNCIL RESPONSE
- OBJECTION COMMENT
- PROPOSED BLOCK PLAN 1486-01-03C
- SITE PLAN 1486-01-04B
- LAWSHALL SPEED SURVEY
- COMBINED FLOWS
- NORTHBOUND FLOWS
- SOUTHBOUND FLOWS
- SCC FIRE AND RESCUE RESPONSE
- SCC FIRE AND RESCUE RESPONSE
- OBJECTION COMMENT - INGENT TECHNICAL NOTES
- OBJECTION COMMENTS
- OAKWOOD MELFORD ROAD LAWSHALL BURY ST EDMUNDS IP29 4PY
- OBJECTION COMMENT
- SCC FIRE & RESCUE COMMENTS
- OBJECTION COMMENT
- OBJECTION EMAIL
- OBJECTION COMMENT
- PLACES SERVICES COMMENTS
- OBJECTION COMMENT
- OBJECTION EMAIL
- SCC HIGHWAYS RESPONSE
- OBJECTION COMMENT
- ECOLOGY RESPONSE
- NEIGHBOUR COMMENT
- OBJECTION COMMENT
- AGENT CORRESPONDENCE
- FOOD AND SAFETY RESPONSE
- OBJECTION COMMENT
- OBJECTION COMMENT
- OBJECTION COMMENT
- MELFORD ROAD RESIDENTS LETTER
- MELFORD ROAD RESIDENTS LETTER- SIGNATURES
- MELFORD ROAD RESIDENTS LETTER- HIGHWAYS REPORT
- MELFORD ROAD RESIDENTS LETTER- ECOLOGY REPORT
- OBJECTION COMMENT
- NEIGHBOUR COMMENT
- GENERAL COMMENT
- GENERAL COMMENT-MAP
- OBJECTION COMMENT
- OBJECTION COMMENT
- OBJECTION COMMENT
- OBJECTION COMMENT
- OBJECTION COMMENT
- SCC RICHARD KEMP COMMENTS
- LAWSHALL PARISH COUNCIL RESPONSE
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH - NOISE/ODOUR/LIGHT/SMOKE RESPONSE
- ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & TOURISM RESPONSE
- NEIGHBOUR COMMENT
- OBJECTION COMMENT
- ADDITIONAL HIGHWAYS INFORMATION FROM AGENT
- HIGHWAYS RESPONSE
- FOOD SAFETY AND LICENSING RESPONSE
- NEIGHBOUR COMMENT
- ARCHAEOLOGY RESPONSE
- APPLICANT NOTES
- APPLICATION FORM
- LOCATION PLAN 1486-01-01F
- PROPOSED BLOCK PLAN AND BUILDING 1486-01-03B
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN 1486-01-04A
- PROPOSED PLANS AND ELEVATIONS
- SITE SECTIONS AND ACCESS 1486-01-06
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- LANDSCAPE VISUAL APPRAISAL
- PHOTOGRAPHIC APPRAISAL 1486-01-PA-A
- PHOTOGRAPHIC APPRAISAL 1486-01-PA-C
- PLANNING STATEMENT
- FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT
- PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL
- TPS SOFT LANDSCAPING DESIGN AND REPORT
- BNG REPORT
- BNG METRIC
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Mid Suffolk granted permission on 28 July 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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