Planning application
1 White Hall Cottages Stowmarket Road Debenham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6BU
Works: Extension
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for an Existing Use or Operation or Activity including those in breach of a Planning Condition. Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) - Continued use since construction started in 2013, as residential accommodation as an extension to the house.
As published by the council, reference DC/26/01963
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/01963
- Type
- Lawful Development Certificate Existing
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Was Lawful
- Received
- 8 May 2026
- Validated
- 18 May 2026
- Decided
- 7 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Debenham
- Parish
- Debenham
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- IP14 6BU
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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8 May 2026
Received by Mid Suffolk
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18 May 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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7 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Was Lawful
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24 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
9 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Mid Suffolk granted permission on 7 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.
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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