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Land At Rookery Farm Wenham Road Copdock And Washbrook IP8 3EZ

DC/23/05073Agricultural DeterminationApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 29 November 2023

Council decision: Formal Approval NOT ReqdDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Application to determine if Prior Approval is required for a Proposed: Erection of a building for Agricultural use. Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 as amended Schedule 2, Part 6 - Erection of agricultural building.

Received
30 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Copdock & Washbrook
Agent
Dean Jay Pearce Architectural Design and Planning LTD
  1. Received30 Oct
  2. Validated1 Nov
  3. Consult.9 Nov
  4. Target29 Nov
  5. Decided29 Nov

Decided in 28 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application at Land At Rookery Farm Wenham Road Copdock And Washbrook IP8 3EZ. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 220 applications of this type. This one was decided in 30 days, 3 weeks quicker than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 42 applications across Copdock & Washbrook. We hold 519 applications in total for the IP8 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
IP8 3EZ
Application type
Agricultural Determination
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Copdock And Washbrook

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 November 2023
Consultation expiry
9 November 2023
Consultation start
2 November 2023
Consultation end
9 November 2023
Last date for comments
9 November 2023
Target decision date
29 November 2023
Permission expires
29 November 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Dean Jay Pearce Architectural Design and Planning LTD
Agent address
Dean Jay Pearce Architectural Design And Planning Ltd Units 2/3 Milestone Hall Street Long Melford Suffolk CO10 9Hz

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Documents
11
Constraints
3

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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