Planning application
Land To South East Of Grove Farmhouse Grove Lane Ashfield Cum Thorpe Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6LZ
Works: Trees
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) - Retention of use Land as residential garden land - The Land in question in this application has been garden for at least several decades. Evidence includes a statement by the person who maintained the garden for 25 plus years and photographic evidence of land use from Google Earth over the last 26 years. This is clearly shows the pond and trees and boundary of the garden at Grove Farmhouse.
As published by the council, reference DC/26/02196
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/02196
- Type
- Lawful Development Certificate Existing
- Status
- Granted
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 15 May 2026
- Validated
- 26 May 2026
- Decided
- 4 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Debenham
- Parish
- Ashfield Cum Thorpe
- Decision by
- Legal
- Postcode
- IP14 6LZ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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15 May 2026
Received by Mid Suffolk
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26 May 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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24 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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4 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Granted
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 4 August 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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