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DC/26/03751 - Full App Without Compliance of Condition Pending

Proposal

Application under Section 73 of The Town and Country Planning Act 1990 - Variation of Condition 2 (Expiry of Permission) of Planning Permission dated 23/01/25 - Siting of new temporary buildings to provide soil shed, office, laboratory and tea room to be used in connection with the existing building and retention of storage container… Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
26 Aug 2026
Validated
27 Aug 2026
Consultation
1 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 22 Oct 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 22 Oct 2026. Comments are open until 29 Sept 2026.

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    • ConditionsApplication under Section 73 of The Town and Country Planning Act 1990 - Variation…This applicationDC/26/03751

Site constraints 5

Habitat network: Lowland calcareous grassland
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Local nature reserve 334 m away: Needham Lake; Inside the Needham Market built-up area; Priority habitat 19 m away: Lowland calcareous grassland; the 1970s provisional farmland map had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

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Important details

Application type
Full App Without Compliance of Condition
Postcode
IP6 8EL
Received
26 Aug 2026
Validated
27 Aug 2026
Ward
Needham Market
Parish
Needham Market
Case officer
Show
Target decision
22 Oct 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Build To Plans

Public comments

No public comments yet.

21 neighbours consulted · Last counted 9 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Neighbours
1 Sept 2026
Consultation
1 Sept 2026
Comments by
29 Sept 2026
Site or press notice
8 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
22 Oct 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