Land East Of Bucklesham Village And The A1093 Bucklesham Hall Drive Bucklesham Suffolk Data via plota.co.uk

DC/26/0856/DRC - Approval of Details Reserved by Cond. Approved

Proposal

Discharge of condition Nos. 17 of - Installation and operation of a Solar Farm together with all associated works, equipment and necessary infrastructure - Site investigation and post investigation assessment Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
3 Mar 2026
Approved
24 Mar 2026

Approved on 24 Mar 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 12 Jul 2026

Associated applications 7

Site constraints 1

Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map agrees.
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 listed building 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

Application type
Approval of Details Reserved by Cond.
Postcode
IP10 0AY
Received
3 Mar 2026
Validated
3 Mar 2026
Ward
Orwell And Villages
Parish
Bucklesham
Case officer
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Target decision
28 Apr 2026
Decision
Application Permitted
Decision date
24 Mar 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Consultation & key dates

Env. assessment
No
East Suffolk
Planning Authority Score
5.3/10
Average
#129 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

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