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Land Adjacent To Hop Hall Somerton Road Hartest IP29 4NA

DC/23/04860Full Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 28 March 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Planning Application. Erection of 1no detached dwelling

Received
17 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
7
Ward
Chadacre
Agent
Phil Cobbold Planning Ltd
  1. Received17 Oct
  2. Validated25 Oct
  3. Consult.28 Feb
  4. Target21 Mar
  5. Decided28 Mar

Decided in 155 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land Adjacent To Hop Hall Somerton Road Hartest IP29 4NA. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 163 days, 16 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Hartest conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 70 applications across Chadacre. We hold 1,033 applications in total for the IP29 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
IP29 4NA
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Hartest

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 October 2023
Consultation expiry
28 February 2024
Consultation start
7 February 2024
Consultation end
28 February 2024
Neighbour consultation start
31 October 2023
Neighbour consultation end
21 November 2023
Last date for comments
28 February 2024
Target decision date
21 March 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Phil Cobbold Planning Ltd
Agent address
Phil Cobbold Planning Ltd 42 Beatrice Avenue Felixstowe IP11 9HB

Planning decision

Statutory period
148 days

Publicity

Last advertised
7 November 2023
Advertisement expiry
28 November 2023
Site notice start
13 November 2023
Site notice end
4 December 2023

Appeal

Appeal reference
AP/24/00043
Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Allowed with Conditions

Appeal history

3342216
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 14 January 2025Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12523338
Documents
50
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Hartest
  • Listed building: Grade II: Hop HallOn or next to this site
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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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