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DC/26/1233/OUT - Outline Application Pending Consideration

Proposal

Outline Planning Application (means of access to be considered) - up to 12 dwellings (following demolition of existing buildings on site) Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 8 Oct 2026, 03:06

Application progress

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Received

14 Aug 2026

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Validated

15 Sept 2026

✓

Consultation

16 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 15 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 11 Nov 2026, from West Suffolk's recent demolitions.

Comments are open until 16 Oct 2026

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Documents 14

Statements & assessments 12

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA Application Form · 13 Aug 2026 View ↗

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.

National infrastructure project about 264 m away: Sunnica Energy Farm

The site is about 264 m from the project boundary. Generating station, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted.

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 ↗

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2; Conservation area about 50 m away: Freckenham.

Not affected

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

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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: West Suffolk
Application type: Outline Application
Received: 14 Aug 2026
Validated: 15 Sept 2026
Ward: Manor
Parish: Freckenham
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 15 Dec 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: SY2 Planning

Decision outlook

Day 24 of the 91-day target. West Suffolk usually decides demolitions by day 57.

prediction

Day 2467 days to the 91-day target

45%decided within 8 weeks

93%approved

105decided in the last year

Plota live figures for demolitions decided by West Suffolk in the last twelve months, from validation. West Suffolk decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

21 neighbours consulted · Last counted 6 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14994094
Planning Portal ref: PP-14994094
Consultation: 16 Sept 2026
Comments by: 16 Oct 2026
Site or press notice: 16 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry: 15 Dec 2026
Env. assessment: No

West Suffolk

Planning Authority Score

4.3/10

Below average

#186 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Major dwellings

West Suffolk is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #208 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils

for householder decisions

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

West Suffolk decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

91%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #104 of 296

95%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #95 of 296

56%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #208 of 296

46%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #204 of 296

64%

Minor dwellings approved

96 decided (1-9 homes)

90%

Major dwellings approved

10 decided (10+ homes)

84%

Change of use approved

51 decided

1,018

Total decisions

91 refused in the year to March 2026