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Castle Hill Farm Castle Hill Occold In The Parish Of Thorndon Suffolk

DC/21/00236Screening Opinion (EIA)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 20 January 2021

Council decision: EIA not requiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Environmental Impact Assessment Screening Request for the Development of up to 4no. Unit Poultry Breeder Sheds with capacity for up to 40,000 birds and ancillary development.

Received
12 January 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Mendlesham
  1. Received12 Jan
  2. Validated12 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target2 Feb
  5. Decided20 Jan

Decided in 8 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at Castle Hill Farm Castle Hill Occold In The Parish Of Thorndon Suffolk. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 792 applications of this type. This one was decided in 8 days, 6 weeks quicker than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 57 applications across Mendlesham.

79% of outline applications at Babergh District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Screening Opinion (EIA)
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Thorndon

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 January 2021
Target decision date
2 February 2021
Permission expires
20 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Parker Planning Services Ltd Suffolk Office St Andrews Castle 33 Andrews Street South Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 3PH

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
1
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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