Part Agricultural Land North-East Of Hasketon Road Burgh Data via plota.co.uk

DC/25/3431/OUT - Outline Application Approved

Proposal

Outline Application - Use of land for the erection of a phased development comprising 3 x No. dwellings and formation of vehicular accesses. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
5 Sept 2025
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Approved
9 Feb 2026

Approved on 9 Feb 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 13 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by East Suffolk Planning Committee South on 27 Jan 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the three-dwelling scheme was sustainable and its harms did not significantly outweigh its benefits.
  • Residents and the parish meeting objected over the cluster policy, flooding, scale, landscape, infrastructure and lack of local need.
  • Members approved the application by majority, subject to conditions, biodiversity measures and a RAMS contribution.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site, officers’ assessment, objections, speakers, committee debate, vote and conditions. Includes the meeting recording

Source: Plota analysis of East Suffolk's committee minutes of 27 Jan 2026.

Documents 64

Consultation & comments 34

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 19 Jan 2026 View ↗
PDF SCC LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY Consultee Comment · 27 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF SCC LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY Consultee Comment · 30 Oct 2025 View ↗
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PDF ESC LANDSCAPE Consultee Comment · 6 Oct 2025 View ↗
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PDF ESC ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Consultee Comment · 2 Oct 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 30 Sept 2025 View ↗
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PDF SCC LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY Consultee Comment · 26 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF NATURAL ENGLAND Consultee Comment · 26 Sept 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 25 Sept 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 23 Sept 2025 View ↗
PDF INFO SHEET Neighbour Notification List · 16 Sept 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

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 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.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2.
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

Application type
Outline Application
Received
5 Sept 2025
Validated
5 Sept 2025
Ward
Carlford And Fynn Valley
Parish
Burgh
Case officer
Show
Target decision
11 Feb 2026
Decision
Application Permitted
Decision date
9 Feb 2026
Decision level
Committee Decision
Applicant
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Agent
East Coast Planning Services Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 157 days from validation, 61 days slower than East Suffolk's median of 96 for outline applications. Approved, as 58% of outline applications here are.

26%decided within 8 weeks
58%approved
5%go to committee

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

Public comments

26comments received
26 objecting

100% object · above the UK average of 74%

6 neighbours consulted · Last counted 13 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Committee
27 Jan 2025
Statutory expiry
31 Oct 2025
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