Kettles Farm Debenham Road Mickfield IP14 6BY Data via plota.co.uk

DC/25/04400 - Householder Planning Application Refused

Proposal

Householder Application - Erection of a cartlodge Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓

Received

6 Oct 2025

✓

Validated

12 Feb 2026

✓

Consultation

22 Jul 2026

✗

Refused

28 Aug 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 28 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 24 Sept 2026

Documents 20

Site constraints 1

Agricultural land, grade 3a

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.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 6 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: Householder Planning Application
Postcode: IP14 6BY
Received: 6 Oct 2025
Validated: 12 Feb 2026
Ward: Stonham
Parish: Mickfield
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 28 Aug 2026
Decision: Refused
Decision date: 28 Aug 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 197 days from validation, 142 days slower than Babergh Mid Suffolk's median of 55 for extensions. Refused, as 8% of extensions here are.

This one197d

Council55d

UK55d

73%decided within 8 weeks

92%approved

670decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

2 neighbours consulted · Last counted 24 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14383992
Planning Portal ref: PP-14383992
Neighbours: 19 Feb 2026
Consultation: 22 Jul 2026
Comments by: 5 Aug 2026
Site or press notice: 2 Mar 2026
Statutory expiry: 9 Apr 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

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Proposal

Application progress

Documents 20

Decision & officer reports 1

Statements & assessments 8

Plans & drawings 2

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 3

Other documents 5