1 Orchard Cottages Scotland Street Stoke By Nayland CO6 4QD

1. 2 Jul 2026

   Received by Mid Suffolk

2. 3 Jul 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 24 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 28 August 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

   Mid Suffolk took a median of 49 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

• DC/26/00800 Granted

  1 Orchard Cottages Scotland Street Stoke By Nayland Colchester Suffolk CO6 4QD

  Application for a Lawful Development Certificate Proposed - Construction of two bay car parking spaces within the front garden, finished with a permeable surface; Removal of front boundary hedge; and construction of new access onto the highway.

  Decided 20 Apr 2026 Lawful development

This application is with Mid Suffolk for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Mid Suffolk decided lawful development applications in a median of 57 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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.

• 1 Orchard Cottages Scotland Street Stoke By Nayland CO6 4QD

  DC/26/02836 Submitted 2 Jul 2026 0m away

  87% historically approved · decision due ~28 Aug

  Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for a Proposed Use or Development. Alterations to the approved certificate of lawful proposed development reference number DC/26/00800, removing the raised parking platform and utilising the area of land between the highway and the house.

  Awaiting decision Lawful development

• 1 Orchard Cottages Scotland Street Stoke By Nayland Colchester Suffolk CO6 4QD

  DC/26/00800 Submitted 26 Feb 2026 15m away

  Application for a Lawful Development Certificate Proposed - Construction of two bay car parking spaces within the front garden, finished with a permeable surface; Removal of front boundary hedge; and construction of new access onto the highway.

  Granted Lawful development 5 docs

• 1 Orchard Cottages Scotland Street Stoke By Nayland Colchester Suffolk CO6 4QD

  DC/25/05486 Submitted 15 Dec 2025 15m away

  Householder Application - Proposed two bay car parking spaces within the front garden of 1 Orchard Cottages. This requires the removal of the front boundary hedge and creates a new access to the highway. There is no existing footpath or kerb edge to the highway in this location.

  Withdrawn Householder 7 docs
  Domestic

• 1 Orchard Cottages Scotland Street Stoke By Nayland Colchester Suffolk CO6 4QD

  DC/26/00800 Submitted 26 Feb 2026 15m away

  Application for a Lawful Development Certificate Proposed - Construction of two bay car parking spaces within the front garden, finished with a permeable surface; Removal of front boundary hedge; and construction of new access onto the highway.

  Granted Lawful development 5 docs

• 1 Orchard Cottages Scotland Street Stoke By Nayland Colchester Suffolk CO6 4QD

  DC/25/05486 Submitted 15 Dec 2025 15m away

  Householder Application - Proposed two bay car parking spaces within the front garden of 1 Orchard Cottages. This requires the removal of the front boundary hedge and creates a new access to the highway. There is no existing footpath or kerb edge to the highway in this location.

  Withdrawn Householder 7 docs
  Domestic

• Scotland Street Stoke By Nayland Suffolk

  DC/22/05105 Submitted 12 Oct 2022 64m away

  Development by a Statutory Undertaker (UK Power Networks) - Installation of a Substation

  Granted 2 docs

• DC/26/03764 Awaiting decision

  1 Clarke Close Palgrave Diss Suffolk IP22 1BE

  Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for a Proposed Use or Development - Erection of rear extension in brick and slate to match the existing dwelling

  1 Sep 2026 Lawful development
• DC/26/03732 Awaiting decision

  5 The Limes Long Melford Sudbury Suffolk CO10 9SX

  Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for a Proposed Use or Development - Multi-functional use of a single room within the dwelling as a family hobby room, home gym, and private reflexology business including internal alterations.

  1 Sep 2026 Lawful development
• DC/26/03804 Awaiting decision

  Site 1 Main Road Woolverstone

  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) - Lawful Development sought to confirm lawful commencement of DC/25/04715 via the construction of foundations to Site 1 Plot 1 (Phase 1).

  27 Aug 2026 Lawful development
• DC/26/02795 Decided

  Gateway 14 (2000) Land Between The A1130 And A14 Creeting St Peter Suffolk Stowmarket IP6 8QN

  Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for an Existing Use or Operation or Activity including those in breach of a Planning Condition - The laying of an underground drainage pipe constituting a material operation to lawfully commence development under Hybrid Planning Permission DC/21/00407 (dated 05.11.2021) and Reserved Matters Approval DC/23/02535 (dated 30.08.2024) for Plot 2000

  30 Jun 2026 Lawful development
• DC/26/03640 Awaiting decision

  Orchard House 4A Mill Tye Great Cornard Sudbury Suffolk CO10 0JA

  Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for a Proposed Use or Development - Use of the land to site a mobile home for incidental use to the main dwellinghouse.

  21 Aug 2026 Lawful development