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DC/25/05508 - Reserved Matters Approved

Proposal

Submission of Details Application (Application for approval of Reserved Matters in part) for Outline Planning Permission dated 22/12/2022 - Town and Country Planning (Development Planning Procedure) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Hybrid Application. Outline Planning Application for Interchange 55 comprising predominantly industrial (B2 use) and warehousing (B8 use) and prospective offices, research and light industry (E(g) (i, ii, iii) uses) buildings. Full Planning Application for access to the development and associated landscaping. - Details of Access in relation to Phase 1 infrastructure, incorporating access and drainage to the first two development plots. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 2 Oct 2026, 21:04

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Application progress

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Received

16 Dec 2025

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Validated

17 Dec 2025

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Consultation

27 Jan 2026

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Approved

2 Apr 2026

Approved on 2 Apr 2026 · Babergh Planning Committee · Last checked 2 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Babergh Mid Suffolk Babergh Planning Committee on 1 Apr 2026.

Approved by 5 votes to 5

As officers recommended.

For5

Against5

Officers advised approval because the access, drainage, highways, heritage, landscape and ecology details were considered acceptable subject to existing conditions.
Consultees raised no objections after further information, and no public representations had been received.
The committee approved the application on the chair’s casting vote after a tied vote.

Read how the committee decided The proposed infrastructure, site history, officer assessment, consultation responses, committee debate, vote and decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Babergh Mid Suffolk's committee minutes of 1 Apr 2026.

Documents 38

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF RESERVED MATTERS - GRANT Decision · 2 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF COMMITTEE REPORT Committee Report · 1 Apr 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 9

Plans & drawings 4

PDF ONSITE PHASE 1 LAYOUT Drawing Amended · 27 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF TRAVEL PLANS COMMENTS Consultee Comment · 13 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF ONSITE PHASE 1 LAYOUT 1201-CCE-XX-XX-DR-C-0001 P01 Drawing Superseded · 16 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT PLAN TB_VL_P17-1201_19 - CMP(1.2) Report · 16 Dec 2025 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM Application Form · 16 Dec 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 21

Associated applications 5

Part of

OutlineApproved22 Dec 2022council archive

Conditions 5, 8 decided (outcome not recorded)
- ConditionsSubmission of Details Application (Application for approval of Reserved Matters in part)…This application17 Dec 2025DC/25/05508
- Show 3 more · 1 pending, 2 decided
  - ConditionsSubmission of Details (Reserved Matters) (Hybrid Application for Interchange 55…7 Aug 2026DC/26/03372
  - ConditionsDischarge of Conditions - Part discharge of Condition 5 (Construction Management Plan)…12 Dec 2025DC/25/05445
  - ConditionsDischarge of Conditions - Conditions 5 (Construction Management Plan) and 8 (Construction…23 Sep 2025DC/25/04204

Site constraints 3

Agricultural land, grade 3b, surveyed

Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: Natural England's post-1988 ALC field survey (Cambridge). Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2; the survey is the definitive reading.

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.

Survey report ↗

National infrastructure project 560 m away: Norwich to Tilbury

The site is 560 m from the project boundary. Electricity line, examination closed, recommendation due. Also within 2 km: Bramford to Twinstead (decided, 1786 m).

Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.

Planning Inspectorate project page ↗

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 Planning Inspectorate, 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

Council: Babergh Mid Suffolk
Application type: Reserved Matters
Received: 16 Dec 2025
Validated: 17 Dec 2025
Ward: Sproughton & Pinewood
Parish: Sproughton
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 3 Apr 2026
Decision: Granted
Decision date: 2 Apr 2026
Decision level: Babergh Planning Committee
Agent: GP Planning Ltd

Public comments

1comment received

1 neutral

128 neighbours consulted · Last counted 2 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14567771
Planning Portal ref: PP-14567771
Neighbours: 23 Dec 2025
Consultation: 27 Jan 2026
Comments by: 17 Feb 2026
Site or press notice: 12 Jan 2026
Committee: 1 Apr 2026
Statutory expiry: 18 Mar 2026
Env. assessment: No

Babergh Mid Suffolk

Planning Authority Score

7.7/10

Good

#33 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Major dwellings

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