Church Farm Little Green Thrandeston Diss Suffolk IP21 4BX Data via plota.co.uk

DC/26/03488 - Agricultural Determination - 2nd Stage Awaiting decision

Proposal

Application for prior approval for a proposed: Formation, Alteration or Maintenance of Private Ways for Agricultural or Forestry use - The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 6 - Resurfacing of the existing tracks with hardcore (Stage 2 of Agricultural Determination DC/26/02680) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
12 Aug 2026
Consultation
14 Aug 2026
Decision
Expected by 7 Oct 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 22 Sept 2026 and 7 Oct 2026, from Babergh Mid Suffolk's recent agricultural works. The consultation period closed on 10 Sept 2026.

Associated applications 2

Site constraints 5

Grade II listed: Church Farm House
List entry 1032765 · 0 m from the pin · 7 more listed buildings within 150 m (1 Grade I, 6 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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Historic England ↗
Thrandeston conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Agricultural land, grade 2
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map 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.
Also on the record
Open access land 39 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed..
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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
Agricultural Determination - 2nd Stage
Postcode
IP21 4BX
Received
12 Aug 2026
Validated
12 Aug 2026
Ward
Palgrave
Parish
Thrandeston
Case officer
Show
Target decision
7 Oct 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Sentry Limited

Decision outlook

Day 34 of the 56-day target. Babergh Mid Suffolk usually decides agricultural works by day 53.

Day 3422 days to the 56-day target
69%decided within 8 weeks
85%approved
80decided in the last year

Plota live figures for agricultural works 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 12 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Consultation
14 Aug 2026
Comments by
10 Sept 2026
Site or press notice
19 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry
7 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