Manor Farm Creamery Pakenham Road Thurston Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3QJ Data via plota.co.uk

DC/26/03333 - Full App Without Compliance of Condition Awaiting decision

Proposal

Application under Section 73 of The Town and Country Planning Act 1990 - Variation of Condition 2 (Restriction on Use) of Planning Permission dated: 16/06/1986 - Use of former poultry building as creamery for manufacture of dairy ice cream Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

Received
4 Aug 2026
Validated
5 Aug 2026
Consultation
17 Aug 2026
Decision
Expected by 30 Sept 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 30 Sept 2026. Comments are open until 25 Sept 2026.

Comment on this application ↗

Site constraints 4

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 ↗
Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m; Inside the Thurston built-up area; the 1970s provisional farmland map had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument 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.

Work with planning data?

Every application in Babergh Mid Suffolk - and every UK council - as a live feed, an API, or a bulk CSV export.

About Plota's data service

Important details

Application type
Full App Without Compliance of Condition
Postcode
IP31 3QJ
Received
4 Aug 2026
Validated
5 Aug 2026
Ward
Thurston
Parish
Thurston
Case officer
Show
Target decision
30 Sept 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Acorus Rural Property Services

Public comments

1comment received
1 objecting

6 neighbours consulted · Last counted 14 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15131758
Neighbours
18 Aug 2026
Consultation
17 Aug 2026
Comments by
25 Sept 2026
Site or press notice
4 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
30 Sept 2026
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
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
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