Manor Farm Grove Road Knodishall Suffolk IP17 1TL Data via plota.co.uk

DC/26/2598/AGO - Prior Notification Agricultural Approved
Agricultural

Proposal

Prior Notification (Agricultural) - Construction of a small agricultural pump house comprising a concrete base and prefabricated steel-clad building measuring 4.0m x 3.0m (12 square metres total). The building will be located in close proximity to a farm reservoir and used to house irrigation pumping equipment, pipework, electrical controls and associated infrastructure serving agricultural irrigation activities on the farm. The building will require 500mm depth of excavation to situate the concrete base. Supporting this feature and located between the swale and attenuation basin, will be a control box (less than a meter in length and height) which will power pumping of flood water to the reservoir. Information on how water is captured to be serviced by this pump house can be found in . Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
23 Jul 2026
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Approved
25 Aug 2026

Approved on 25 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 26 Aug 2026

Documents 10

Statements & assessments 3

PDF IE26-029-210 REV P3 DRAINAGE LAYOUT SHEET 1 OF 2 - OPTION 1 Drawing · 22 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF IE26-029-211 REV P2 DRAINAGE LAYOUT SHEET 2 OF 2 - OPTION 1 Drawing · 22 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF IE26/029/DS DRAINAGE STATEMENT Supporting Documents · 22 Jul 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 4

PDF OVERVIEW - LOCATION/OWNERSHIP PLANS Drawing · 23 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF ZOOMED IN - LOCATION/OWNERSHIP PLANS Drawing · 23 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF CONSTRUCTION ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN Supporting Documents · 22 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF IRRIGATION PLAN Supporting Documents · 22 Jul 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF REDACTED APPLICATION FORM Application Form · 22 Jul 2026 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVALUATION REPORT Supporting Documents · 22 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF WRITTEN SCHEME OF INVESTIGATION Supporting Documents · 22 Jul 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 3

Site constraints 2

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, 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.
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
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

Council
East Suffolk
Application type
Prior Notification Agricultural
Postcode
IP17 1TL
Received
23 Jul 2026
Validated
23 Jul 2026
Ward
Aldeburgh And Leiston
Parish
Knodishall
Case officer
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Target decision
20 Aug 2026
Decision
Prior Approval Not Required
Decision date
25 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Suffolk County Council

How this decision compares

Decided in 33 days from validation, 23 days faster than East Suffolk's median of 56 for agricultural works. Approved, as 61% of agricultural works here are.

61%decided within 8 weeks
61%approved
55decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 26 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

12 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2021 Approved
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2021 Approved
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2019 Approved
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2019 Approved
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2019 Approved
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings