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DC/26/02597 - Outline Planning Application Refused

Proposal

Outline Planning Application (all matters reserved) Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) - Erection of 2No. dwellings. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
18 Jun 2026
✓
Validated
10 Jul 2026
✓
Consultation
14 Jul 2026
✗
Refused
7 Sept 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 7 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 24 Sept 2026

Documents 19

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 5

Public bridleway 25 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; National landscape 394 m away: Suffolk Coast & Heaths; Inside the Bentley (Babergh) built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2, 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

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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
Outline Planning Application
Postcode
IP9 2DP
Received
18 Jun 2026
Validated
10 Jul 2026
Ward
Copdock & Washbrook
Parish
Bentley
Case officer
Show
Target decision
4 Sept 2026
Decision
Refused
Decision date
7 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Complete Planning and Sustainable Development Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 59 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Refused, as 28% of new homes here are.

61%decided within 8 weeks
72%approved
158decided in the last year

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

Public comments

3comments received
3 objecting

100% object · above the UK average of 74%

16 neighbours consulted · Last counted 24 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14896413
Planning Portal ref
PP-14896413
Neighbours
15 Jul 2026
Consultation
14 Jul 2026
Comments by
26 Aug 2026
Site or press notice
5 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry
4 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No
Babergh Mid Suffolk
Planning Authority Score
7.7/10
Good
#33 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

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

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