Shelley House Layham Road Shelley IP7 5QY Part In The Parish Of Layham Data via plota.co.uk

DC/26/03853 - Full Planning Application Awaiting decision

Proposal

Planning Application. Installation of ground source heat pump array to the west of Shelly House Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
4 Sept 2026
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Validated
15 Sept 2026
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Consultation
28 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 10 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 10 Nov 2026 and 23 Nov 2026, from Babergh Mid Suffolk's recent full applications.

Comments are open until 20 Oct 2026

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Site constraints 7

Grade II listed: Shelley House
List entry 1033384 · 2 m away
Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Historic England ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not 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) agrees.
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.
National landscape 6 m away: Dedham Vale
Outside the landscape; its setting can still be raised.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Also on the record
National infrastructure project 1772 m away: Bramford to Twinstead; Flood defence 26 m away (natural high ground); Priority habitat 25 m away: Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £2,050,000 in March 2023. Detached house, freehold.

31 March 2023£2,050,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Application type
Full Planning Application
Postcode
IP7 5QY
Received
4 Sept 2026
Validated
15 Sept 2026
Ward
Brett Vale
Parish
Shelley
Case officer
Show
Target decision
10 Nov 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
John Stebbing Architects Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 24 of the 56-day target. Babergh Mid Suffolk usually decides full applications by day 59.

Day 2435 days to the predicted decision (day 59)
48%decided within 8 weeks
83%approved
217decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications 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 1 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15049114
Planning Portal ref
PP-15049114
Neighbours
18 Sept 2026
Consultation
28 Sept 2026
Comments by
20 Oct 2026
Site or press notice
29 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
10 Nov 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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.