Braham Hall Brantham Hill Brantham Manningtree Suffolk CO11 1NN Data via plota.co.uk

DC/26/03363 - Full App Without Compliance of Condition Awaiting decision
Change of useCommercial & major worksSchools, care & communityDemolitionNew homesCommercial premises

Proposal

Application under S73 for Removal or Variation of a Condition following grant of Planning Permission dated 24/02/2026 Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) - Change of use and redevelopment of agricultural buildings to create a wedding venue and community hire space with ancillary parking, open space and provision of 5no. accommodation units; Demolition of 4no. redundant agricultural buildings - To vary Condition 3 (Time Restriction on Holiday Dwellings) We wish to vary the condition to allow for flexibility in occupancy around wedding events at this venue around Valentines Day in February - as per supporting statement/documents submitted Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
5 Aug 2026
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Validated
6 Aug 2026
✓
Consultation
22 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 1 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision soon after comments close on 13 Oct 2026; it is now day 64.

Comments are open until 13 Oct 2026

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Documents 2

Statements & assessments 1

PDF SUPPORTING STATEMENT CONDITION 3 Report · 5 Aug 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM Application Form · 5 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 4

Site constraints 6

Grade II listed: Braham Hall
List entry 1193926 · 7 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 ↗
Dedham Vale National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
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) 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.
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
Special protection area 383 m away: Stour and Orwell Estuaries; SSSI 383 m away: Cattawade Marshes SSSI.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £2,000,000 in January 2024. Other property, freehold.

23 January 2024£2,000,000Recorded 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 area433 m² (4,661 sq ft)
Energy ratingF (35 out of 100), could reach C
PropertyDetached house, 9 habitable rooms
BuiltBefore 1900
HeatingBoiler and radiators, oil, Electric storage heaters
WallsSolid brick, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in April 2023, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Babergh Mid Suffolk
Application type
Full App Without Compliance of Condition
Postcode
CO11 1NN
Received
5 Aug 2026
Validated
6 Aug 2026
Ward
Brantham
Parish
Brantham
Case officer
Show
Target decision
1 Oct 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Whirledge & Nott

Decision outlook

Day 64, past the statutory target. 87% of changes of use in Babergh Mid Suffolk are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 5 Nov 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 7 Oct 2026.

Day 645 days to the predicted decision (day 69)
62%decided within 8 weeks
79%approved
130decided 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

No public comments yet.

46 neighbours consulted · Last counted 7 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14899808
Planning Portal ref
PP-14899808
Neighbours
10 Aug 2026
Consultation
22 Sept 2026
Comments by
13 Oct 2026
Site or press notice
17 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry
1 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

6 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
Full Planning Application - Change of use and redevelopment of agricultural buildings to…
DC/25/04586
2025 Approved
Full Planning Application - Change of use and redevelopment of agricultural buildings to…
DC/25/04586
2025 Refused
Application for Listed Building Consent - Erection of a rear extension and Internal alter…
DC/25/02197
2025 Refused
Householder Application -Erection of a rear extension and Internal alterations.
DC/25/02196
2025 Refused
Application for Listed Building Consent - Erection of a rear extension and Internal alter…
DC/25/02197
2025 Refused
Householder Application -Erection of a rear extension and Internal alterations.
DC/25/02196
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

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

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use

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.