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DC/25/05014 - Non Material Amendment Approved

Proposal

Application for Non-Material Amendment relating to - Variation to condition 8 of the consent to read: 'Prior to the development hereby permitted coming into beneficial use, a competent person shall have ensured that the rating level of noise emitted from all mechanical equipment and inverter sets on site, when running at full capacity does not exceed the sound levels predicted at facades of noise-sensitive premises within the Sol Acoustics Noise Impact Assessment report: dated July 2025. The assessment shall have been made in accordance with the current version of British Standard 4142 and confirmation of the findings of the assessment shall have been submitted to the Local Planning Authority and agreed prior to the condition being discharged.' Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

12 Nov 2025

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Validated

14 Nov 2025

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Approved

2 Dec 2025

Approved on 2 Dec 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 7 Oct 2026

Documents 3

Site constraints 3

Agricultural land, grade 3a

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), 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.

National infrastructure project 570 m away: Norwich to Tilbury

The site is 570 m from the project boundary. Electricity line, examination closed, recommendation due. Also within 2 km: Bramford to Twinstead (decided, 1388 m); East Anglia THREE Offshore Wind Farm (decided, 1459 m).

Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.

Planning Inspectorate project page ↗

1 listed building within 150 m

Nearest: Church of St Mary, Grade I, 51 m away

The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.

Historic England ↗

Not affected

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

Checked on 7 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate 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: Non Material Amendment
Postcode: IP8 4PN
Received: 12 Nov 2025
Validated: 14 Nov 2025
Ward: Bramford & Blakenham
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 12 Dec 2025
Decision: Granted
Decision date: 2 Dec 2025
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Sol Environment Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 18 days from validation, 25 days faster than Babergh Mid Suffolk's median of 43 for amendments. Approved, as 94% of amendments here are.

This one18d

Council43d

UK43d

82%decided within 8 weeks

94%approved

249decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 7 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14483378
Planning Portal ref: PP-14483378
Statutory expiry: 12 Dec 2025
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

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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