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DC/26/01790 - Agricultural Determination Approved

Proposal

Application to determine if Prior Approval is required for a Proposed: Erection, Extension or Alteration of a building for Agricultural or Forestry Use. Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 as amended Schedule 2, Part 6 - Roof infill between two barns… Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 08:57

Application progress

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Received

27 Apr 2026

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Validated

29 Apr 2026

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Consultation

29 Apr 2026

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Approved

22 May 2026

Approved on 22 May 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Documents 7

Site constraints 1

Agricultural land, grade 3a

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map, which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 2. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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.

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Important details

Council: Babergh Mid Suffolk
Application type: Agricultural Determination
Postcode: IP21 4LP
Received: 27 Apr 2026
Validated: 29 Apr 2026
Ward: Fressingfield
Parish: Syleham
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 27 May 2026
Decision: Formal Approval NOT Reqd
Decision date: 22 May 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 23 days from validation, 30 days faster than Babergh Mid Suffolk's median of 53 for agricultural works. Approved, as 85% of agricultural works here are.

This one23d

Council53d

UK41d

69%decided within 8 weeks

85%approved

80decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation: 29 Apr 2026
Comments by: 6 May 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

3 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2016 Approved

Application for prior notification of agricultural or forestry development - proposed bui…

0799/16 22 Mar 2016

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2021 Approved

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Planning Application. Erection of annex

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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

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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