Debenham STW Thorpe Lane Suffolk IP14 6NG Data via plota.co.uk

DC/26/03461 - Development by statutory undertaker Decided
Telecoms masts

Proposal

Development by a Statutory Undertaker - Installation of a 13.45 metre high smart metering radio mast Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
7 Aug 2026
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Validated
12 Aug 2026
Decision
Expected by 9 Sept 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision by 20 Oct 2026, from Babergh Mid Suffolk's recent full applications.

Documents 1

Other documents 1

PDF COVER LETTER Correspondence · 11 Aug 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 4

Grade II listed: Barn 50 Metres South West of Crows Hall
List entry 1283628 · 10 m away · 1 more listed building within 150 m (1 Grade II*)
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.
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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 3. 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.
Registered park or garden 25 m away: Crows Hall
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
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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 scheduled monument at the site

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Important details

Council
Babergh Mid Suffolk
Application type
Development by statutory undertaker
Postcode
IP14 6NG
Received
7 Aug 2026
Validated
12 Aug 2026
Ward
Debenham
Parish
Debenham
Case officer
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Target decision
9 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 58 of the 56-day target. Babergh Mid Suffolk usually decides full applications by day 59.

Day 581 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.

Last counted 7 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
9 Sept 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
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings