Land At Scole Roundabout A140/A143 Diss IP21 4AJ Data via plota.co.uk

DC/26/03426 - Advertisement Awaiting decision

Proposal

Application for Consent to Display Advertisements. Various site signage including 4no free standing signs, 1no banner unit, 1no Play Land sign and 25no dot signs. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
10 Aug 2026
✓
Validated
11 Aug 2026
✓
Consultation
6 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 6 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision soon after comments close on 20 Oct 2026; it is now day 59.

Comments are open until 20 Oct 2026

Comment on this application ↗

Site constraints 4

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), 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.
Also on the record
Scheduled monument 229 m away: Scole Roman settlement; National infrastructure project 411 m away: EcoPower Suffolk Solar, at pre-application; Priority habitat 35 m away: Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building 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.

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Important details

Application type
Advertisement
Postcode
IP21 4AJ
Received
10 Aug 2026
Validated
11 Aug 2026
Ward
Palgrave
Parish
Stuston
Case officer
Show
Target decision
6 Oct 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Planware Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 59, past the statutory target. 100% of signs and adverts in Babergh Mid Suffolk are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 10 Nov 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 7 Oct 2026.

Day 5912 days to the predicted decision (day 71)
81%decided within 8 weeks
89%approved
29decided in the last year

Plota live figures for signs and adverts decided by Babergh Mid Suffolk in the last twelve months, from validation. Babergh Mid Suffolk decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 7 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15054919
Planning Portal ref
PP-15054919
Consultation
6 Oct 2026
Comments by
20 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
6 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No
Babergh Mid Suffolk
Planning Authority Score
7.7/10
Good
#33 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other 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
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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