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Mill Green Farm Debenham Road Stonham Aspal IP14 6BZ

DC/22/02590Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 4 July 2022

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Planning Application - Siting for a 51.48kWp ground mounted solar PV system.

Received
18 May 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Stonham
  1. Received18 May
  2. Validated20 May
  3. Consult.22 Jun
  4. Target1 Jul
  5. Decided4 Jul

Decided in 45 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Mill Green Farm Debenham Road Stonham Aspal IP14 6BZ. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 57 applications across Stonham. We hold 1,277 applications in total for the IP14 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
IP14 6BZ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Stonham Aspal

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 May 2022
Consultation expiry
22 June 2022
Consultation start
20 May 2022
Consultation end
22 June 2022
Neighbour consultation start
23 May 2022
Neighbour consultation end
13 June 2022
Last date for comments
22 June 2022
Target decision date
1 July 2022
Permission expires
4 July 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
East Green Energy
Agent address
East Green Energy Building 5 Bentwaters Parks Rendlesham IP12 2TW

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Last advertised
25 May 2022
Advertisement expiry
15 June 2022
Site notice start
27 May 2022
Site notice end
17 June 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11264505
Documents
12
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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.

Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    5 May

    Application to determine if Prior Approval is required for a Proposed: Erection, Extension or Alteration of a…

    ApprovedAgricultural DeterminationDC/26/01907
  2. 2024
    18 Nov

    Planning Application - Construction of 3no dwellings following demolition of an existing barn (following…

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationDC/24/05056
  3. 2024
    8 Jul

    Planning Application - Conversion of barns to 3no dwellings (following Class Q Prior Approval under…

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationDC/24/03033
  4. 2016
    2 Dec

    Notification for Prior Approval for a Proposed Change of Use of Agricultural Building to a Dwellinghouse…

    RefusedPrior Approval Agricultural to Dwell0043/17
  5. 2016
    17 Nov

    Change of use of farm building from machinery store to farm shop and butchery

    ApprovedFull Planning Application4661/16
  6. 2016
    11 Jul

    Erection of straw barn and extension of agricultural storage building

    ApprovedFull Planning Application2985/16

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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