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DC/25/03921 - Full App Without Compliance of Condition Approved

Proposal

Application under S73 for Removal or Variation of a Condition following grant of Planning Permission dated 08/01/2025 Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) - Residential Development of 258no. dwellings (91no. affordable) with new public open space, landscaping, access and associated infrastructure. - To vary Condition 5 (Off-Site Highway Improvements) - as per covering letter and details received. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
4 Sept 2025
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Validated
5 Sept 2025
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Consultation
19 Jan 2026
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Approved
17 Mar 2026

Approved on 17 Mar 2026 · Last checked 18 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Babergh Mid Suffolk Mid Suffolk Planning Committee on 11 Mar 2026.

Approved by 6 votes to 1

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the Highway Authority no longer objected after reviewing the traffic modelling.
  • Councils and a ward councillor raised concerns about highway safety, traffic, delays and the timing of the junction works.
  • The committee voted six to one to grant permission, requiring earlier submission, commencement by 100 homes, and completion by 125.
Read how the committee decided The proposed condition change, highway concerns, speakers, committee debate, vote and amended permission.

Source: Plota analysis of Babergh Mid Suffolk's committee minutes of 11 Mar 2026.

Documents 21

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF VARIATION/REMOVAL OF CONDITION - GRANT Decision · 17 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF COMMITTEE REPORT Committee Report · 11 Mar 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM Application Form · 4 Sept 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 11

PDF SCC HIGHWAYS COMMENTS Consultee Comment · 30 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF STOWUPLAND PARISH CLERK RESPONSE Consultee Comment · 28 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS RESPONSE Consultee Comment · 23 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF AGENTS RESPONSE TO HIGHWAYS COMMENTS Additional Information · 16 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF HIGHWAYS RESPONSE Consultee Comment · 23 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF STOWUPLAND PARISH COUNCIL RESPONSE Consultee Comment · 23 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF STOWUPLAND PARISH COUNCIL RESPONSE Consultee Comment · 8 Oct 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Consultee Comment · 3 Oct 2025 View ↗
PDF HIGHWAYS ENGLAND RESPONSE Consultee Comment · 2 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF HIGHWAYS RESPONSE Consultee Comment · 29 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF STOWMARKET TOWN COUNCIL RESPONSE Consultee Comment · 18 Sept 2025 View ↗

Other documents 7

PDF COMMITTEE ACTION SHEET Committee Action Sheet · 11 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF FURTHER INFORMATION FROM AGENT Additional Information · 16 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF JUNCTION CAPACITY REPORT Report · 15 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF COVER LETTER 25-12-12 CONDITION 05 S73 UPDATE Additional Information · 15 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF COPY OF DC/24/03134 VARIATION/REMOVAL OF CONDITION - GRANT Additional Information · 5 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF SUPERSEDED RJ LTD A1120 B1115 STOWUPLAND JUNCTION CAPACITY REPORT - JULY 2025 Report · 4 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF SUPERSEDED COVERING LETTER - 25-09-01 CONDITION 05 S73 COVER Correspondence · 4 Sept 2025 View ↗

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Associated applications 4

Site constraints 3

Agricultural land, grade 2
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 3. 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
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 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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Important details

Council
Babergh Mid Suffolk
Application type
Full App Without Compliance of Condition
Postcode
IP14 5AD
Received
4 Sept 2025
Validated
5 Sept 2025
Ward
Stow Thorney
Parish
Stowmarket
Case officer
Show
Target decision
20 Mar 2026
Decision
Granted
Decision date
17 Mar 2026
Agent
JCN Design & Planning

How this decision compares

Decided in 193 days from validation, 150 days slower than Babergh Mid Suffolk's median of 43 for amendments. Approved, as 92% of amendments here are.

80%decided within 8 weeks
92%approved
351decided in the last year

Plota live figures for amendments decided by Babergh Mid Suffolk in the last twelve months, from validation. Babergh Mid Suffolk decision record →

Public comments

1comment received
1 objecting

103 neighbours consulted · Last counted 18 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14259687
Planning Portal ref
PP-14259687
Neighbours
15 Dec 2025
Consultation
19 Jan 2026
Comments by
9 Feb 2026
Site or press notice
17 Sept 2025
Committee
11 Mar 2026
Statutory expiry
5 Dec 2025
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

2 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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DC/20/01036
2020 Approved
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DC/20/01036
Babergh Mid Suffolk
Planning Authority Score
7.7/10
Good
#33 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
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