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DC/26/1259/FUL - Full Application Approved

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Application progress

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Received

31 Mar 2026

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Validated

13 May 2026

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Approved

26 Aug 2026

Approved on 26 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 30 Sept 2026

Documents 31

Site constraints 6

Public footpath 3 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). 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 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.

SSSI 8 m away: Sinks Valley, Kesgrave SSSI

Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.

Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.

Habitat network: Lowland heathland

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2; Priority habitat 6 m away: Deciduous woodland.

Not affected

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

Checked on 2 November 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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: East Suffolk
Application type: Full Application
Postcode: IP5 2PE
Received: 31 Mar 2026
Validated: 13 May 2026
Ward: Kesgrave
Parish: Kesgrave
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 31 Jul 2026
Decision: Application Permitted
Decision date: 26 Aug 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Patrick Allen & Associates

How this decision compares

Decided in 105 days from validation, 48 days slower than East Suffolk's median of 57 for full applications. Approved, as 94% of full applications here are.

This one105d

Council57d

UK57d

49%decided within 8 weeks

94%approved

1,297decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications 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 30 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry: 8 Jul 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2021 Withdrawn

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DC/21/3713/CCC 19 Oct 2021

2021 Withdrawn

County Council Consultation - SCC/0071/19SC - Erection of a noise attenuation fence with…

DC/21/3713/CCC 19 Oct 2021

2019 Approved

County Council Consulation - SCC/0071/19SC - Erection of a noise attenuation fence with a…

DC/19/4371/CCC 14 Nov 2019

2019 Approved

County Council Consulation - SCC/0071/19SC - Erection of a noise attenuation fence with a…

DC/19/4371/CCC 14 Nov 2019

2019 Approved

Environmental Impact Assessment Scoping Opinion the erection of 2 new buildings and use o…

DC/19/1289/EIA 1 Jul 2019

2019 Approved

Environmental Impact Assessment Scoping Opinion the erection of 2 new buildings and use o…

DC/19/1289/EIA 1 Jul 2019

2019 Approved

Environmental Impact Assessment Scoping Opinion the erection of 2 new buildings and use o…

DC/19/1289/SCO 19 Jun 2019

2019 Approved

Environmental Impact Assessment Scoping Opinion the erection of 2 new buildings and use o…

DC/19/1289/SCO 19 Jun 2019

2019 Approved

County Council Consultation - SCC Ref SCC/0048/19SC/VOC - Removal of condition 3 of permi…

DC/19/2225/CCC 17 Jun 2019

2019 Approved

County Council Consultation - SCC Ref SCC/0048/19SC/VOC - Removal of condition 3 of permi…

DC/19/2225/CCC 17 Jun 2019

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Nearby activity

2021

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2021

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East Suffolk

Planning Authority Score

5.3/10

Average

#129 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

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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Proposal

Application progress

Documents 31

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 11

Plans & drawings 5

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 12

Site constraints 6

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