The Willows Buttons Road Marlesford Woodbridge Suffolk IP13 0BX Data via plota.co.uk

DC/26/0048/AGO2 - Prior Approval Details Agricultural Approved

Proposal

Prior Notification (Agricultural) - Agricultural storage building Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
7 Jan 2026
Approved
8 Apr 2026

Approved on 8 Apr 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 12 Sept 2026

Site constraints 3

Grade II listed: The Willows
List entry 1231048 · 0 m from the pin
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). 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.
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 12 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
Prior Approval Details Agricultural
Postcode
IP13 0BX
Received
7 Jan 2026
Validated
7 Jan 2026
Ward
Wickham Market
Parish
Marlesford
Case officer
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Target decision
10 Apr 2026
Decision
Prior Approval Granted
Decision date
8 Apr 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 91 days from validation, 45 days slower than East Suffolk's median of 46 for prior approvals. Approved, as 71% of prior approvals here are.

79%decided within 8 weeks
71%approved
80decided in the last year

Plota live figures for prior approvals decided by East Suffolk in the last twelve months, from validation. East Suffolk decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 12 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
4 Mar 2026
Env. assessment
No
East Suffolk
Planning Authority Score
5.3/10
Average
#129 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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