Nate's Barber Shop Fields Farm Park Road East Bergholt CO7 6XT Data via plota.co.uk

DC/26/02785 - Full Planning Application Approved

Proposal

Full Planning Application - Siting of converted container to north side of existing car park, for use as Barber Shop; and provision of 3no. designated parking spaces directly adjacent to the container (retention of) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
29 Jun 2026
Validated
8 Jul 2026
Consultation
14 Jul 2026
Approved
1 Sept 2026

Approved on 1 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 1 Sept 2026

Site constraints 4

Public footpath 7 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Agricultural land, grade 2
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 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.
Also on the record
National landscape 141 m away: Suffolk Coast & Heaths; Priority habitat 10 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 11 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
Full Planning Application
Postcode
CO7 6XT
Received
29 Jun 2026
Validated
8 Jul 2026
Ward
East Bergholt
Parish
East Bergholt
Case officer
Show
Target decision
2 Sept 2026
Decision
Granted
Decision date
1 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Agent
AGC Consultants

How this decision compares

Decided in 55 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Approved, as 80% of changes of use here are.

67%decided within 8 weeks
80%approved
97decided 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.

4 neighbours consulted · Last counted 1 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15038476
Neighbours
15 Jul 2026
Consultation
14 Jul 2026
Comments by
5 Aug 2026
Site or press notice
21 Jul 2026
Env. assessment
No
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