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DC/26/03619 - Development by statutory undertaker Decided

Proposal

Development by a Statutory undertaker - Erection of 1 No. 13M Light pole Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 8 Oct 2026, 01:04

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Application progress

✓

Received

20 Aug 2026

Decision

Expected by 17 Sept 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 14 Oct 2026, from Babergh Mid Suffolk's recent utility and infrastructure works.

Documents 1

Site constraints 4

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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. 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.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2

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

Also on the record

Conservation area 38 m away: Bildeston; 5 listed buildings 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

Council: Babergh Mid Suffolk
Application type: Development by statutory undertaker
Postcode: IP7 7BJ
Received: 20 Aug 2026
Validated: 20 Aug 2026
Ward: North Cosford
Parish: Bildeston
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 17 Sept 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show

Decision outlook

Day 50 of the 56-day target. Babergh Mid Suffolk usually decides utility and infrastructure works by day 55.

prediction

Day 506 days to the 56-day target

73%decided within 8 weeks

96%approved

63decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 7 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry: 17 Sept 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

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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