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DC/25/04864 - Full Planning Application Refused

Proposal

Full Planning Application - Change of use of land. Erection of 9 No. single-storey dwellings (including 4 No. Affordable ). Improvements to access and public highway (including pedestrian crossing , new footpath provision etc. Biodiversity enhancements. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
3 Nov 2025
✓
Validated
5 Nov 2025
✓
Consultation
2 Feb 2026
✗
Refused
17 Apr 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 17 Apr 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 7 Oct 2026

Site constraints 3

2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Sparrows, Grade II, about 1 m from the postcode pin · 2 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. 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.
Show all 2 with distances
Historic England ↗
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) 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 7 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. 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
CO10 0QX
Received
3 Nov 2025
Validated
5 Nov 2025
Ward
Assington
Parish
Newton
Case officer
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Target decision
17 Apr 2026
Decision
Refused
Decision date
17 Apr 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Dean Jay Pearce - Architectural Design & Planning Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 163 days from validation, 104 days slower than Babergh Mid Suffolk's median of 59 for full applications. Refused, as 17% of full applications here are.

48%decided within 8 weeks
83%approved
217decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Neighbours
11 Nov 2025
Consultation
2 Feb 2026
Comments by
23 Feb 2026
Site or press notice
20 Nov 2025
Statutory expiry
31 Dec 2025
Env. assessment
No
Babergh Mid Suffolk
Planning Authority Score
7.7/10
Good
#33 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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