Dacre Back Lane Badwell Ash Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3DW Data via plota.co.uk

DC/26/00068 - Householder Planning Application Refused

Proposal

Householder Application - Erection of a garage Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
8 Jan 2026
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Validated
9 Jan 2026
✓
Consultation
9 Jan 2026
✗
Refused
2 Mar 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 2 Mar 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 8 Jul 2026

Site constraints 4

Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; 2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Badwell Ash built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £300,000 in May 2024. Detached house, freehold.

10 May 2024£300,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Application type
Householder Planning Application
Postcode
IP31 3DW
Received
8 Jan 2026
Validated
9 Jan 2026
Ward
Walsham-le-Willows
Parish
Badwell Ash
Case officer
Show
Target decision
6 Mar 2026
Decision
Refused
Decision date
2 Mar 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Anglia Design LLP

How this decision compares

Decided in 52 days from validation, about the council's usual 55 days. Refused, as 8% of extensions here are.

73%decided within 8 weeks
92%approved
670decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by Babergh Mid Suffolk in the last twelve months, from validation. Babergh Mid Suffolk decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14606478
Planning Portal ref
PP-14606478
Neighbours
12 Jan 2026
Consultation
9 Jan 2026
Comments by
6 Feb 2026
Site or press notice
16 Jan 2026
Statutory expiry
6 Mar 2026
Env. assessment
No
Babergh Mid Suffolk
Planning Authority Score
7.7/10
Good
#33 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Babergh Mid Suffolk is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #56 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Babergh Mid Suffolk decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
89%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #124 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #68 of 296
77%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #56 of 296
34%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #83 of 296
74%
Minor dwellings approved
160 decided (1-9 homes)
73%
Major dwellings approved
11 decided (10+ homes)
93%
Change of use approved
40 decided
882
Total decisions
99 refused in the year to March 2026

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.