Copdock And Washbrook Tennis Club Copdock And Washbrook Playing Field Old Ipswich Road Copdock And Washbrook IP8 3JN Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Full Planning Application - Construction of floodlit padel court within existing tennis court; Construction of a covered refreshment area (retention of); Erection of 2no. Canopies over existing padel courts; Increase in height of fence to south boundary of enclosure and an increase in operational hours for the existing and proposed padel courts. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 1 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Jul 2026
Documents 12
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 5
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 2
Site constraints 5
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 Planning Inspectorate, 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.
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Important details
- Council
- Babergh Mid Suffolk
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Postcode
- IP8 3JN
- Received
- 7 May 2026
- Validated
- 13 May 2026
- Ward
- Copdock & Washbrook
- Parish
- Copdock And Washbrook
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 8 Jul 2026
- Decision
- Granted
- Decision date
- 1 Jul 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Agent
- Ian Smillie Architectural Services
How this decision compares
Decided in 49 days from validation, 15 days faster than Babergh Mid Suffolk's median of 64 for commercial and major works. Approved, as 92% of commercial and major works here are.
Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Babergh Mid Suffolk in the last twelve months, from validation. Babergh Mid Suffolk decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Neighbours
- 14 May 2026
- Consultation
- 18 Jun 2026
- Comments by
- 22 Jun 2026
- Site or press notice
- 29 May 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 8 Jul 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
29 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
Nearby activity
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%).
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