Tollgate Farm Norwich Road Mendlesham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 5NQ Data via plota.co.uk

DC/25/04675 - Householder Planning Application Approved

Proposal

Householder Application - Erection of cart lodge, fencing and gates and erection of acoustic bund to A140 boundary Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 3 Oct 2026, 08:19

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Application progress

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Received

21 Oct 2025

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Validated

15 Jan 2026

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Consultation

20 Mar 2026

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Committee

3 Jun 2026

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Approved

5 Jun 2026

Approved on 5 Jun 2026 · Committee A Member Referral Call In · Last checked 24 Sept 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Babergh Mid Suffolk Mid Suffolk Planning Committee on 3 Jun 2026.

Approved unanimously

Against officer advice: officers had recommended refusal.

Officers advised refusal because the bund and acoustic fence would harm the listed building’s setting and historic landscape without public benefits.
The agent and ward member spoke, while Members considered noise mitigation, alternative options, heritage harm and landscaping conditions.
Members unanimously approved the application, finding that health, wellbeing and noise benefits outweighed the harm, subject to conditions.

Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, consultation responses, public representations, committee debate, vote and reasons for approval.

Source: Plota analysis of Babergh Mid Suffolk's committee minutes of 3 Jun 2026.

Documents 27

Site constraints 2

Grade II listed: Tollgate Farm Cottage

List entry 1032250 · 3 m away

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.

Historic England ↗

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 scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 25 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.

Sales history 2

Last sold for £112,000 in April 1997. Detached house, freehold.

23 April 1997£112,000

20 September 1996£78,500

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council: Babergh Mid Suffolk
Application type: Householder Planning Application
Postcode: IP14 5NQ
Received: 21 Oct 2025
Validated: 15 Jan 2026
Ward: Mendlesham
Parish: Mendlesham
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 10 Apr 2026
Decision: Granted
Decision date: 5 Jun 2026
Decision level: Committee A Member Referral Call In
Applicant: Show
Agent: Beech Architects

How this decision compares

Decided in 141 days from validation, 86 days slower than Babergh Mid Suffolk's median of 55 for extensions. Approved, as 92% of extensions here are.

This one141d

Council55d

UK55d

73%decided within 8 weeks

92%approved

669decided 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.

1 neighbour consulted · Last counted 24 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14416219
Neighbours: 19 Jan 2026
Consultation: 20 Mar 2026
Comments by: 6 May 2026
Site or press notice: 29 Jan 2026
Committee: 3 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry: 12 Mar 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

2 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Withdrawn

Application for Listed Building Consent - Erection of cart lodge and acoustic bund to A14…

DC/25/04676 28 Jan 2026

2025 Withdrawn

Application for Listed Building Consent - Erection of cart lodge and acoustic bund to A14…

DC/25/04676 28 Jan 2026

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

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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

Tollgate Farm Norwich Road Mendlesham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 5NQ Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Planning committee

Documents 27

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 11

Plans & drawings 6

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 6

Other documents 1