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The Rookery Bury Road Wortham Diss Suffolk IP22 1RB

DC/23/00817Agricultural DeterminationApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 15 March 2023

Council decision: Formal Approval NOT ReqdDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Application to determine if Prior Approval is required for a Proposed: Erection, Extension or Alteration of a building for Agricultural or Forestry Use. Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) Schedule 2, Part 6, Class A - Erection of steel framed agricultural storage building

Received
20 February 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Gislingham
  1. Received20 Feb
  2. Validated20 Feb
  3. Consult.7 Mar
  4. Target20 Mar
  5. Decided15 Mar

Decided in 23 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application for an extension at The Rookery Bury Road Wortham Diss Suffolk IP22 1RB. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 220 applications of this type. This one was decided in 23 days, 4 weeks quicker than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. There have been 8 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across Gislingham. We hold 1,538 applications in total for the IP22 postcode area.

94% of all 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
IP22 1RB
Application type
Agricultural Determination
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wortham

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 February 2023
Consultation expiry
7 March 2023
Consultation start
20 February 2023
Consultation end
7 March 2023
Last date for comments
27 February 2023
Target decision date
20 March 2023
Permission expires
15 March 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Rookery Bury Road Wortham IP22 1RB

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11947507
Documents
5
Constraints
1

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

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    30 Apr

    Full Planning Application (Retrospective) - Subdivision of four blocks of buildings to provide 7no…

    PendingFull Planning ApplicationDC/26/01844
  2. 2025
    13 Mar

    Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for an Existing Use or Operation or Activity including those…

    ApprovedLawful Development Certificate ExistingDC/25/01162
  3. 2020
    15 Oct

    Planning Application - Erection of an agricultural building.

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationDC/20/04645
  4. 2020
    29 Jul

    Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Erection, Extension or Alteration of a…

    RefusedAgricultural DeterminationDC/20/03168
  5. 2019
    30 Sep

    Application for prior notification of agricultural or forestry development - proposed building. Town and…

    RefusedAgricultural DeterminationDC/19/04565
  6. 2009
    19 Aug

    Installation of 25 metre high lattice telecommunications mast, 3no. antennae, 2no. 600mm transmission dish…

    WithdrawnFull Planning Application2491/09

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