Foxhall Barns Hall Road Foxhall Ipswich Suffolk IP10 0AP Data via plota.co.uk

DC/26/2309/FUL - Full Application Awaiting decision

Proposal

Change of use of a underutilised family meeting area to a use falling within class E(b) cafe Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
10 Jul 2026
Decision
Expected by 4 Sept 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 12 Sept 2026 and 3 Oct 2026, from East Suffolk's recent changes of use.

Site constraints 3

Public footpath 17 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 3b
Not 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 4. 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.
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 Application
Postcode
IP10 0AP
Received
10 Jul 2026
Validated
10 Jul 2026
Ward
Martlesham And Purdis Farm
Parish
Foxhall
Case officer
Show
Target decision
4 Sept 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Chaplin Farrant Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 64 of the 56-day target. East Suffolk usually decides changes of use by day 77.

Day 6413 days to the predicted decision (day 77)
33%decided within 8 weeks
72%approved
76decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

1 neighbour consulted · Last counted 11 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
4 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No
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