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Castle Hill Farm Castle Hill Thorndon IP23 7JT

DC/23/02000Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 28 June 2023

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

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Proposal

Planning Application - Erection of 1no Agricultural Workers dwelling for the poultry manager at Castle Hill Chicken Ltd.

Received
26 April 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
7
Ward
Mendlesham
Agent
Wilson Wraight LLP
  1. Received26 Apr
  2. Validated4 May
  3. Consult.20 Jun
  4. Target15 Jun
  5. Decided28 Jun

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Castle Hill Farm Castle Hill Thorndon IP23 7JT. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 2 weeks longer 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. We hold 1,281 applications in total for the IP23 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
IP23 7JT
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Thorndon

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 May 2023
Consultation expiry
20 June 2023
Consultation start
17 May 2023
Consultation end
20 June 2023
Neighbour consultation start
18 May 2023
Neighbour consultation end
8 June 2023
Last date for comments
20 June 2023
Target decision date
15 June 2023
Permission expires
28 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Wilson Wraight LLP
Agent address
Wilson Wraight LLP Regent House 110 Northgate Street Bury St Edmunds IP33 1HP

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Last advertised
24 May 2023
Advertisement expiry
14 June 2023
Site notice start
30 May 2023
Site notice end
20 June 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12030549
Documents
16
Constraints
2

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2023
    24 Aug

    Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/23/02000

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDC/23/04000
  2. 2023
    26 Apr

    Planning Application - Erection of 1no Agricultural Workers dwelling for the poultry manager at Castle Hill…

    This applicationApprovedFullDC/23/02000

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