Redundant Agricultural Building At Kettleburgh Hall The Street Kettleburgh Suffolk Data via plota.co.uk

DC/26/2622/FUL - Full Application Awaiting decision

Proposal

Building Operations and changes to the external appearance of the building related to DC/25/3734/P3R Prior Notification- Change of use of an agricultural building to Class E (commercial, business or service) of Schedule 2 Prior Approval Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
23 Jul 2026
✓
Validated
7 Aug 2026
Decision
Expected by 6 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 28 Oct 2026; it is now day 82.

Associated applications 2

Site constraints 3

Public footpath 13 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 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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 2. 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.
Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument 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

Application type
Full Application
Received
23 Jul 2026
Validated
7 Aug 2026
Ward
Framlingham
Parish
Kettleburgh
Case officer
Show
Target decision
6 Nov 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Class Q

Decision outlook

Day 82, past the statutory target. 87% of agricultural works in East Suffolk are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 6 Nov 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 27 Oct 2026.

Day 8226 days past the 56-day target
57%decided within 8 weeks
65%approved
75decided in the last year

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

Public comments

5comments received
4 objecting1 neutral

80% object · above the UK average of 74%

7 neighbours consulted · Last counted 27 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
2 Oct 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

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