St John The Divine Church Church Road Elmswell Suffolk Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Planning Application. Construction of formal car parking on site of current grass parking area Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Under consideration
No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 23 Nov 2026 and 13 Dec 2026, from Babergh Mid Suffolk's recent commercial and major works.
Documents 3
Statements & assessments 1
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 1
Site constraints 7
Checked on 17 October 2026. 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
- Babergh Mid Suffolk
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Received
- 25 Sept 2026
- Validated
- 28 Sept 2026
- Ward
- Elmswell & Woolpit
- Parish
- Elmswell
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 23 Nov 2026
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Whitworth
Decision outlook
Day 30 of the 56-day target. Babergh Mid Suffolk usually decides commercial and major works by day 64.
Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Babergh Mid Suffolk in the last twelve months, from validation. Babergh Mid Suffolk decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
5 neighbours consulted · Last counted 22 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-15237778
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-15237778
- Neighbours
- 30 Sept 2026
- Consultation
- 2 Oct 2026
- Comments by
- 30 Oct 2026
- Site or press notice
- 7 Oct 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 23 Nov 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
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%).
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