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AFC Sudbury Mel Group Stadium Brundon Lane Sudbury CO10 7HN

DC/23/00475Full Planning ApplicationPermitted
Full

Proposal

Planning Application - Construction of a 3G Football Turf Pitch (3G FTP) with associated 15m high LED floodlighting, 4.5m high fencing, hard standings, storage container and infrastructure.

Received
30 January 2023
Decided
7 February 2024 · Granted
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
16
Ward
Sudbury South West
Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

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  1. Received30 Jan
  2. Validated4 Feb
  3. Consult.28 Dec
  4. Target15 Jan
  5. Decided7 Feb

Decided in 368 days (council typically 49)

7 weeks typical decision time in Babergh Mid Suffolk90% of full applications approved

This is a full planning application at AFC Sudbury Mel Group Stadium Brundon Lane Sudbury CO10 7HN. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type and approves 89% of them, typically deciding them in 61 days. This one was decided in 373 days, 45 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's median. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across Sudbury South West. We hold 3,108 applications in total for the CO10 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
DC/23/00475
Address
AFC Sudbury Mel Group Stadium Brundon Lane Sudbury CO10 7HN
Postcode
CO10 7HN
Local Authority
Babergh Mid Suffolk
Application Type
Full Planning Application
Scale / Size
Medium
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Granted
Ward
Sudbury South West
Parish
Sudbury

Applicant & Agent

Agent
S&C Slatter
Agent Address
S&C Slatter Stephen's Yard Enborne Newbury RG20 0HA

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
30 January 2023
Consultation Expiry
28 December 2023
Target Decision Date
15 January 2024
Date Decided
7 February 2024
Date Validated
4 February 2023
Date Submitted
30 January 2023
Consultation Start
7 December 2023
Consultation End
28 December 2023
Neighbour Consultation Start
7 February 2023
Neighbour Consultation End
28 February 2023
Last Date for Comments
28 December 2023
Permission Expires
7 February 2027

Planning Decision

Decision
Granted
Decided By
Delegated Decision
Statutory Period
345 days

Publicity

Site Notice Start
23 February 2023
Site Notice End
16 March 2023

Appeal

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11865672
Comments
16
Documents
65
Constraints
5
Coordinates
52.038918, 0.715831
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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  1. 2025
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  2. 2024
    21 Aug

    Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/23/00475

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  3. 2023
    30 Jan

    Planning Application - Construction of a 3G Football Turf Pitch (3G FTP) with associated 15m high LED…

    This applicationApprovedFullDC/23/00475

Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Local nature reserve: Sudbury Common LandsPart of the site · +1 more

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 (21)

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, 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 2026-10-09. 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.

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