Manor Farm Badingham Road Laxfield Woodbridge Suffolk IP13 8JA Data via plota.co.uk

DC/25/04819 - Agricultural Determination Approved

Proposal

Application to determine if Prior Approval is required for a Proposed: Erection, Extension or Alteration of a building for Agricultural or Forestry Use. Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 as amended Schedule 2, Part 6, Class A - Erection of livestock building Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
30 Oct 2025
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Consultation
31 Oct 2025
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Approved
11 Nov 2025
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Appeal allowed
10 Jun 2026

Approved on 11 Nov 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 9 Oct 2026

Site constraints 3

Grade II listed: Manor Farmhouse
List entry 1032870 · 2 m away
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.
Historic England ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not 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) 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.
Also on the record
National infrastructure project 66 m away: Suffolk Water Recycling Transfer and Storage, at pre-application.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 9 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate 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.

Sales history 2

Last sold for £1,300,000 in February 2026. Other property, freehold.

24 February 2026£1,300,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale
30 November 2018£790,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area416 m² (4,478 sq ft)
Energy ratingD (55 out of 100)
PropertyDetached house, 12 habitable rooms
BuiltBefore 1900
HeatingBoiler and radiators, oil
WallsTimber frame, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in July 2014, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Application type
Agricultural Determination
Postcode
IP13 8JA
Received
30 Oct 2025
Validated
30 Oct 2025
Ward
Stradbroke & Laxfield
Parish
Laxfield
Case officer
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Target decision
27 Nov 2025
Decision
Formal Approval NOT Reqd
Decision date
11 Nov 2025
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Appeal
Allowed · 10 Jun 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6005824 ↗
Applicant
Show
Agent
Harrison Pick Ltd
Freehold owner
Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 12 days from validation, 30 days faster than Babergh Mid Suffolk's median of 42 for prior approvals. Approved, as 81% of prior approvals here are.

79%decided within 8 weeks
81%approved
165decided in the last year

Plota live figures for prior approvals 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 9 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14447410
Planning Portal ref
PP-14447410
Consultation
31 Oct 2025
Comments by
7 Nov 2025
Statutory expiry
27 Nov 2025
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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.

Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.