Masons Materials Recycling Facility Bramford Road Great Blakenham Ipswich IP6 0LW Data via plota.co.uk

DC/25/05397 - County Reg 3 Decided
Admin / procedural

Proposal

Consultation on Application received by Suffolk County Council - REPONSE BY 6/1/2026 - Extension to the materials recycling facility to house additional plant for the processing of glass, with additional works including a side extension to the reception hall, external storage bays, a welfare building, ventilation and filter plant, fire-suppression system, fencing, and associated internal and external works Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
10 Dec 2025
✓
Appeal allowed
20 Jul 2026
Decision
Target date was 31 Dec 2025

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 31 Dec 2025.

Documents 2

Plans & drawings 1

PDF MS030101 REVISED SITE LOCATION PLAN Discharge of Conditions · 10 Dec 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF CONSULTATION LETTER Additional Information · 10 Dec 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 4

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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
SSSI 175 m away: Great Blakenham Pit SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Also on the record
National infrastructure project 1133 m away: East Anglia THREE Offshore Wind Farm.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 6 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
County Reg 3
Postcode
IP6 0LW
Received
10 Dec 2025
Validated
10 Dec 2025
Ward
Blakenham
Parish
Great Blakenham
Case officer
Show
Target decision
31 Dec 2025
Appeal
Allowed · 20 Jul 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6008293 ↗
Applicant
Show

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 24 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
31 Dec 2025
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
Extension to the materials recycling facility to house additional plant for the processin…
SCC/0165/25MS
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2021 Approved
Units 12 14 And 15 Pegasus Orion Court Great Blakenham Suffolk IP6 0LW
Planning Application. Change of use from health/medical services (Class E) to office, ind…
DC/21/03527
2021 Approved
Units 12 14 And 15 Pegasus Orion Court Great Blakenham Suffolk IP6 0LW
Planning Application. Change of use from health/medical services (Class E) to office, ind…
DC/21/03527
2017 Approved
3 Hydra Court Orion Business Park Addison Way Great Blakenham IP6 0LW
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0936/17
2017 Approved
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings