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DC/26/02136 - Full App Without Compliance of Condition Approved

Proposal

Application under S73 for Removal or Variation of a Condition following grant of Planning Permission dated 16.01.2025 Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) - Change of use from information/Visitors centre to cafe and extension of building. Erection of play area.- To vary condition 3 (Operating Hours) - to allow opening hours to be extended to 6am to 6pm Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 9 Sept 2026, 12:09

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Application progress

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Received

19 May 2026

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Validated

20 May 2026

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Consultation

2 Jun 2026

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Approved

8 Sept 2026

Approved on 8 Sept 2026 · Last checked 9 Sept 2026

Documents 8

Associated applications 4

Part of

FullApproved8 Jul 2025council archive

Conditions 7, 11, 17 discharged · 3 varied
- VariationApplication under S73 for Removal or Variation of a Condition following grant Town and Country…This application20 May 2026DC/26/02136
- Show 2 more · 2 approved
  - ConditionsDischarge of Conditions - Condition 17 (Biodiversity enhancement measures)2 Sep 2026DC/26/03763
  - ConditionsDischarge of Conditions - Conditions 7 (Landscaping), 11 (Cycle Storage) and 17 (Biodiversity…18 May 2026DC/26/02093

Site constraints 3

Agricultural land, grade 3a

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

Radon affected area, class 2; Priority habitat 33 m away: Deciduous woodland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 2 November 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

Council: Babergh Mid Suffolk
Application type: Full App Without Compliance of Condition
Received: 19 May 2026
Validated: 20 May 2026
Ward: Claydon & Barham
Parish: Claydon
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 15 Jul 2026
Decision: Granted
Decision date: 8 Sept 2026
Applicant: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 111 days from validation, 55 days slower than Babergh Mid Suffolk's median of 56 for changes of use. Approved, as 80% of changes of use here are.

This one111d

Council56d

UK56d

57%decided within 8 weeks

80%approved

167decided in the last year

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

Public comments

1comment received

1 objecting

13 neighbours consulted · Last counted 9 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Neighbours: 3 Jun 2026
Consultation: 2 Jun 2026
Comments by: 24 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry: 15 Jul 2026
Env. assessment: No

Babergh Mid Suffolk

Planning Authority Score

7.7/10

Good

#33 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Change of use

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

Former Picnic Site Lower Crescent Barham Suffolk Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 8

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 1

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 3

Other documents 1