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DC/26/0392/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Proposed car port layout, including solar canopies and battery storage. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
20 Mar 2026
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Committee
23 Jun 2026
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Approved
25 Jun 2026

Approved on 25 Jun 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 14 Jul 2026

Planning committee

Decided by East Suffolk Planning Committee South on 23 Jun 2026.

Approved unanimously

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the sustainable proposal complied with relevant planning policies and guidance.
  • Members discussed lighting, security, parking charges, payback time and the absence of resident comments.
  • The committee unanimously supported approval, with no contrary views from consultees.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site, officers’ advice, consultation, speakers, committee debate, vote, decision and conditions. Includes the meeting recording

Source: Plota analysis of East Suffolk's committee minutes of 23 Jun 2026.

Documents 26

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Site constraints 9

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Special protection area 158 m away: Deben Estuary
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
SSSI 159 m away: Deben Estuary 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.
National landscape 88 m away: Suffolk Coast & Heaths
Outside the landscape; its setting can still be raised.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Also on the record
National infrastructure project 1251 m away: East Anglia THREE Offshore Wind Farm; 6 listed buildings within 150 m; Conservation area 61 m away: Woodbridge; Inside the Woodbridge built-up area.
Not affected
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

Application type
Full Application
Postcode
IP12 4AL
Received
20 Mar 2026
Validated
20 Mar 2026
Ward
Woodbridge
Parish
Woodbridge
Case officer
Show
Target decision
15 May 2026
Decision
Application Permitted
Decision date
25 Jun 2026
Decision level
Committee Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Pulse Design & Build

How this decision compares

Decided in 97 days from validation, 41 days slower than East Suffolk's median of 56 for utility and infrastructure works. Approved, as 100% of utility and infrastructure works here are.

52%decided within 8 weeks
100%approved
13%go to committee

Plota live figures for utility and infrastructure works decided by East Suffolk in the last twelve months, from validation. East Suffolk decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Committee
23 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry
15 May 2026
Env. assessment
No
East Suffolk
Planning Authority Score
5.3/10
Average
#129 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

East Suffolk ranks #183 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
East Suffolk decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
92%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #81 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #76 of 296
60%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #183 of 296
42%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #162 of 296
80%
Minor dwellings approved
212 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
19 decided (10+ homes)
81%
Change of use approved
139 decided
1,965
Total decisions
158 refused in the year to March 2026