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Valley Yard Back Lane Kettlebaston IP7 7QB

DC/23/03424Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 13 November 2023

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Planning Application - Construction of outdoor riding arena with external lighting for use in connection with an equestrian business

Received
20 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
6
Ward
North Cosford
Agent
Acorus Rural Property Services
  1. Received20 Jul
  2. Validated8 Aug
  3. Consult.7 Nov
  4. Target19 Sep
  5. Decided13 Nov

Decided in 97 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Valley Yard Back Lane Kettlebaston IP7 7QB. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 116 days, 10 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 12 applications across North Cosford. We hold 480 applications in total for the IP7 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
IP7 7QB
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Kettlebaston

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 August 2023
Consultation expiry
7 November 2023
Consultation start
12 October 2023
Consultation end
7 November 2023
Neighbour consultation start
10 August 2023
Neighbour consultation end
31 August 2023
Last date for comments
2 November 2023
Target decision date
19 September 2023
Permission expires
13 November 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Acorus Rural Property Services
Agent address
Acorus Rural Property Services Old Market Office 10 Risbygate Street Bury St Edmunds IP33 3AA

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Site notice start
4 September 2023
Site notice end
25 September 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12326853
Documents
13
Constraints
6

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.

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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