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Pettwood Ipswich Road Holbrook IP9 2QT

DC/23/05434Householder Planning ApplicationRefused
Householder

Refused on 27 March 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Householder Application. Erection of 35no ground based solar panels.

Received
22 November 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Stour
Agent
Robert Allerton Ltd
  1. Received22 Nov
  2. Validated23 Nov
  3. Consult.27 Mar
  4. Target4 Jan
  5. Decided27 Mar

Decided in 125 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Pettwood Ipswich Road Holbrook IP9 2QT. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 126 days, 11 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Stour. We hold 834 applications in total for the IP9 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
IP9 2QT
Application type
Householder Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Holbrook

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 November 2023
Consultation expiry
27 March 2024
Consultation start
6 March 2024
Consultation end
27 March 2024
Neighbour consultation start
27 November 2023
Neighbour consultation end
18 December 2023
Last date for comments
27 March 2024
Target decision date
4 January 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Robert Allerton Ltd
Architect profile
ROBERT ALLERTON LIMITED
Agent address
Robert Allerton Ltd 32 Ranelagh Road Felixstowe IP11 7HA

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Last advertised
5 December 2023
Advertisement expiry
26 December 2023
Site notice start
15 December 2023
Site notice end
5 January 2024

Appeal

Appeal reference
AP/24/00068
Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Allowed with Conditions

Appeal history

3346481
Allowed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 16 January 2025Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12620278
Documents
60
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2023
    22 Nov

    Householder Application. Erection of 35no ground based solar panels.

    This applicationRefusedFullDC/23/05434
  2. 2023
    22 Nov

    Application for Listed Building Consent. Erection of 35no ground based solar panels.

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsideDC/23/05435

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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