Land To North Of Railway Line Henley Road Ipswich Suffolk Data via plota.co.uk

DC/26/2959/CON - Other Consultation Awaiting decision

Proposal

Consultation - Submission of Reserved Matters (appearance, layout, landscaping, and scale) for Phase 4a (Part of Phase 5 and 6 of the approved Phasing Strategy), and revised details for part of Country Park Phase 6 and Phase 7 (to accommodate changes to the paths), of the development at Henley Gate comprising roads, shared cycle and pedestrian path, open space, landscaping, drainage, pumping station and other associated infrastructure works pursuant to Outline Planning Permission comprising up to 1,100 dwellings, local centre, country park, open space, sustainable urban drainage systems, landscaping, infrastructure and engineering works, and 2 no. access points from Henley Road and provision of access points for pedestrian/cycle bridge and vehicular bridge over railway. The Application also seeks to part discharge Condition 26 (Arboricultural Method Statement) of in relation to Phase 4a. was an EIA development and an Environmental Statement was submitted with the application under the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2011 (as amended) (Revised Description). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
20 Aug 2026
Decision
Expected by 10 Sept 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 28 Sept 2026 and 12 Oct 2026, from East Suffolk's recent commercial and major works.

Site constraints 2

Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map, which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 2. 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
1 listed building within 150 m.
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
Other Consultation
Postcode
IP6 9AA
Received
20 Aug 2026
Validated
20 Aug 2026
Ward
Carlford And Fynn Valley
Parish
Westerfield
Case officer
Show
Target decision
10 Sept 2026
Applicant
Show

Decision outlook

Day 23 of the 91-day target. East Suffolk usually decides commercial and major works by day 50.

Day 2368 days to the 91-day target
68%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
53decided in the last year

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by East Suffolk in the last twelve months, from validation. East Suffolk decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 10 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
10 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No
East Suffolk
Planning Authority Score
5.3/10
Average
#129 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

East Suffolk ranks #183 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
East Suffolk decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
92%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #81 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #76 of 296
60%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #183 of 296
42%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #162 of 296
80%
Minor dwellings approved
212 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
19 decided (10+ homes)
81%
Change of use approved
139 decided
1,965
Total decisions
158 refused in the year to March 2026