Planning application
Keepers Cottage Thorpe Hall Thorpe Lane Ashfield Cum Thorpe Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6NE
Works: Demolition Domestic
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Proposal
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for an Existing Use or Operation or Activity including those in breach of a Planning Condition - Confirmation that Planning Permission 3055/10 (Erection of detached two storey dwelling and double bay garage (and related demolition of existing dwelling)) was lawfully commenced and therefore extant
As published by the council, reference DC/26/03041
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/03041
- Type
- Lawful Development Certificate Existing
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 15 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 15 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Debenham
- Parish
- Ashfield Cum Thorpe
- Postcode
- IP14 6NE
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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15 Jul 2026
Received by Mid Suffolk
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24 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 9 September 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.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Hollins Architects, Surveyors & Planning Consultants Agent, an architecture practice
10 applications on PlanIndex · across 3 councils
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
11 documents on file for this application
- DRAWING FOR CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL EXISTING USE OR DEVELOPMENT
- CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL EXISTING USE OR DEVELOPMENT
- APPLICATION FORM
- SIGNED DECLARATION
- PLANNING PERMISSION 3055/10
- DISCHARGE_OF_CONDITIONS 3055_10
- MLM INSPECTION RECORD
- PROPOSED SITE LAYOUT AND LOCATION PLAN 0874 101A
- PROPOSED PLANS
- INVOICE KEEPERS COTTAGE
- STATEMENT
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
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.
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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87% historically approved · decision due ~9 Sep
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for an Existing Use or Operation or Activity including those in breach of a Planning Condition - Confirmation that Planning Permission 3055/10 (Erection of detached two storey dwelling and double bay garage (and related demolition of existing dwelling)) was lawfully commenced and therefore extant
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87% historically approved · decision due ~9 Sep
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for an Existing Use or Operation or Activity including those in breach of a Planning Condition - Confirmation that Planning Permission 3057/10 (Conversion of redundant barn to form a residential dwelling) was lawfully commenced and therefore extant
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House Barn Thorpe Hall Thorpe Lane Ashfield Cum Thorpe Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6NE
87% historically approved · decision due ~9 Sep
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for an Existing Use or Operation or Activity including those in breach of a Planning Condition - Confirmation that Planning Permission 2967/13 (Demolition of existing outbuildings. Erection of a new cart lodge. Extension to form games room (revised scheme to that previously permitted granted planning permission under reference 0099/13)) was lawfully commenced and therefore extant.
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