Brook Farm Drinkstone Road Beyton Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9AQ

DC/22/02044Full Planning ApplicationWithdrawn

Full

Withdrawn on 11 October 2022

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Proposal

Full Planning Application - Installation of ground fixed solar panels

Received: 19 April 2022
Public comments: 6
Council: Babergh District Council
Ward: Thurston

ReceivedReceived19 Apr
ValidatedValidated21 Jun
Consult.Consultation17 Sep
TargetTarget Date16 Aug
DecidedDecided11 Oct

Decided in 112 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Brook Farm Drinkstone Road Beyton Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9AQ. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 175 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 118 applications across Thurston. We hold 1,122 applications in total for the IP30 postcode area.

90% of full 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

Postcode: IP30 9AQ
Application type: Full Planning Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Beyton

Planning application dates

Date validated: 21 June 2022
Consultation expiry: 17 September 2022
Consultation start: 14 September 2022
Consultation end: 17 September 2022
Neighbour consultation start: 22 June 2022
Neighbour consultation end: 13 July 2022
Last date for comments: 17 September 2022
Target decision date: 16 August 2022
Permission expires: 11 October 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 29 June 2022
Advertisement expiry: 20 July 2022
Site notice start: 28 June 2022
Site notice end: 19 July 2022

Additional information

Documents: 20
Constraints: 4

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.

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6 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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