Disused Pit North Of Beacon Hill Lane Thorpeness Aldringham Cum Thorpe Suffolk Data via plota.co.uk

DC/26/3105/RG3 - Deemed Council Development Awaiting decision

Proposal

Temporary rock storage area Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 27 Oct 2026, 05:19

Application progress

✓

Received

3 Sept 2026

✓

Validated

16 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 11 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 10 Nov 2026 and 25 Nov 2026, from East Suffolk's recent commercial and major works.

Documents 5

Site constraints 10

Suffolk Coast & Heaths National Landscape

Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.

Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.

Public restricted byway about 5 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.

Thorpeness conservation area

Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.

The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.

Council document ↗

Heritage coast: Suffolk

A defined stretch of undeveloped coastline.

Development inconsistent with keeping the coast undeveloped is resisted.

National infrastructure project about 214 m away: East Anglia ONE North Offshore Windfarm

The site is about 214 m from the project boundary. Generating station, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: East Anglia TWO Offshore Windfarm (decided, about 214 m); Sea Link (awaiting the Secretary of State's decision, about 1523 m).

Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.

Planning Inspectorate project page ↗

Special area of conservation about 196 m away: Southern North Sea

Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.

Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1

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

SSSI about 122 m away: Leiston - Aldeburgh 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.

Also on the record

1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Thorpeness built-up area.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 17 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate 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: Deemed Council Development
Received: 3 Sept 2026
Validated: 16 Sept 2026
Ward: Aldeburgh And Leiston
Parish: Aldringham Cum Thorpe
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 11 Nov 2026
Applicant: Show

Decision outlook

Day 42 of the 56-day target. East Suffolk usually decides commercial and major works by day 57.

prediction

Day 4215 days to the predicted decision (day 57)

49%decided within 8 weeks

95%approved

62decided in the last year

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

Public comments

22comments received

20 objecting1 neutral1 supporting

91% object · above the UK average of 74%

Last counted 27 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry: 11 Nov 2026
Env. assessment: No

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