Land To The North Of School Lane Bardwell Suffolk IP31 1AF Data via plota.co.uk

DC/26/0856/FUL - Full Planning Application Pending Consideration

Proposal

Planning application - 14 dwellings including access, landscaping, play space, open space, car parking, cycle parking and bin storage. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
3 Jun 2026
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Consultation
9 Sept 2026
Decision
Target date was 2 Sept 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision soon after comments close on 1 Oct 2026; it is now day 155.

The consultation period closed on 1 Oct 2026.

Documents 68

Consultation & comments 51

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Response · 19 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF ANGLIAN WATER - COMMENTS Consultee Comment · 17 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Response · 15 Jul 2026 View ↗
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PDF SUFFOLK MILLS GROUP - COMMENTS Consultee Comment · 15 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Response · 14 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Response · 12 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Response · 8 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF HISTORIC ENGLAND - COMMENTS Consultee Comment · 8 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF DESIGN OUT CRIME TEAM - COMMENTS Consultee Comment · 8 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Response · 7 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Response · 7 Jul 2026 View ↗
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PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Response · 7 Jul 2026 View ↗
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PDF WASTE MANAGEMENT TEAM - COMMENTS Consultee Comment · 3 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Response · 3 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Response · 3 Jul 2026 View ↗
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PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Response · 3 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Response · 3 Jul 2026 View ↗
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PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Response · 3 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Response · 3 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Response · 3 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Response · 3 Jul 2026 View ↗
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PDF SCC PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY - COMMENTS Consultee Comment · 2 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Response · 2 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF SCC DEVELOPER CONTRIBUTIONS Consultee Comment · 2 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Response · 1 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Response · 1 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Response · 1 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Response · 1 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Response · 1 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF SCC MINERALS - COMMENTS Consultee Comment · 29 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF CONSERVATION OFFICER - COMMENTS Consultee Comment · 26 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF LANDSCAPE OFFICER - COMMENTS Consultee Comment · 26 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF SCC FIRE & RESCUE SERVICE - COMMENTS Consultee Comment · 25 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF SCC ARCHAEOLOGICAL OFFICER - COMMENTS Consultee Comment · 25 Jun 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Response · 24 Jun 2026 View ↗
PDF SCC HIGHWAYS - COMMENTS Consultee Comment · 23 Jun 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Response · 16 Jun 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Response · 11 Jun 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 4

Agricultural land, grade 2
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 4. 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 Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Conservation area 43 m away: Bardwell; 1 listed building within 150 m.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 2 November 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
Full Planning Application
Postcode
IP31 1AF
Received
3 Jun 2026
Validated
3 Jun 2026
Ward
Bardwell
Parish
Bardwell
Case officer
Show
Target decision
2 Sept 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
SY2 Planning

Decision outlook

Day 155, past the statutory target. 61% of commercial and major works in West Suffolk are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 4 Nov 2026.

Day 15564 days past the 91-day target
35%decided within 8 weeks
100%approved
13%go to committee

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

39 neighbours consulted · Last counted 4 Nov 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14960930
Planning Portal ref
PP-14960930
Consultation
9 Sept 2026
Comments by
1 Oct 2026
Site or press notice
19 May 2026
Statutory expiry
2 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No
West Suffolk
Planning Authority Score
4.3/10
Below average
#186 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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