Butley Abbey Farm Abbey Farm Lane Butley Woodbridge Suffolk IP12 3NP Data via plota.co.uk

DC/25/4880/LBC - Listed Building Consent Awaiting decision
AgriculturalChange of useDemolitionListed buildingsNew homesSolar & renewables

Proposal

Listed Building Consent - Phased redevelopment of Butley Abbey Farm for change of use, including alterations to approved schemes and . The works comprise the conversion of redundant agricultural buildings, associated demolitions, revisions to car parking arrangements, and the installation of a solar array. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
16 Dec 2025
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Validated
8 Jan 2026
Decision
Target date was 5 Mar 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 28 Oct 2026; it is now day 293.

Documents

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Associated applications 6

Site constraints 5

Grade II listed: Butley Abbey and Priory Rere-Dorter (Refectory)
List entry 1030853 · 22 m away · 3 more listed buildings within 150 m (3 Grade II)
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.
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Suffolk Coast & Heaths 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.
In flood zones plus climate change
Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From the sea. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.
Flood map ↗
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.
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 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.

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22 Jun 2026Pending

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20 Aug 2026Pending

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Important details

Council
East Suffolk
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Postcode
IP12 3NP
Received
16 Dec 2025
Validated
8 Jan 2026
Ward
Deben
Parish
Butley
Case officer
Show
Target decision
5 Mar 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Wincer Kievenaar Architects Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 293, past the statutory target. 87% of agricultural works in East Suffolk are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 26 Oct 2026.

Day 293237 days past the 56-day target
57%decided within 8 weeks
65%approved
75decided in the last year

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

Public comments

1comment received
1 supporting

21 neighbours consulted · Last counted 26 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
5 Mar 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
Phased redevelopment of Butley Abbey Farm for change of use, including alterations to app…
DC/25/4879/FUL
2025
Phased redevelopment of Butley Abbey Farm for change of use, including alterations to app…
DC/25/4879/FUL
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2020
Butley Abbey Farm Abbey Farm Lane Butley Suffolk IP12 3NP
Listed Building Consent - Redevelopment of Redundant Agricultural Buildings to 2no.Holida…
DC/20/5261/LBC
2020
Butley Abbey Farm Abbey Farm Lane Butley Suffolk IP12 3NP
Phased redevelopment of Redundant Agricultural Buildings to 3no.Holiday Lets, Events Cent…
DC/20/5260/FUL
2020
Butley Abbey Farm Abbey Farm Lane Butley Suffolk IP12 3NP
Listed Building Consent - Redevelopment of Redundant Agricultural Buildings to 2no.Holida…
DC/20/5261/LBC
2020
Butley Abbey Farm Abbey Farm Lane Butley Suffolk IP12 3NP
Phased redevelopment of Redundant Agricultural Buildings to 3no.Holiday Lets, Events Cent…
DC/20/5260/FUL
East Suffolk
Planning Authority Score
5.3/10
Average
#129 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings