Eastern Gateway Sproughton Road Sproughton Suffolk

DC/24/01181Full Planning ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 18 August 2025

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)24 conditions

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Proposal

Full Planning Application - Erection of buildings to provide a maintenance compound (sui generis) with associated infrastructure works.

Received: 7 March 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 24
Council: Babergh District Council
Ward: Sproughton & Pinewood

ReceivedReceived7 Mar
ValidatedValidated15 Mar
Consult.Consultation25 Mar
TargetTarget Date11 Aug
DecidedDecided18 Aug

Decided in 521 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Eastern Gateway Sproughton Road Sproughton Suffolk. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 529 days, 69 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across Sproughton & Pinewood.

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

Application type: Full Planning Application
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Sproughton

Planning application dates

Date validated: 15 March 2024
Consultation expiry: 25 March 2025
Consultation start: 4 March 2025
Consultation end: 25 March 2025
Neighbour consultation start: 10 May 2024
Neighbour consultation end: 31 May 2024
Last date for comments: 25 March 2025
Target decision date: 11 August 2025
Committee meeting: 16 October 2024
Permission expires: 18 August 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent: Bidwells
Agent address: Kingfisher House, 1 Gilders Way, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 1UB

Planning decision

Statutory period: 514 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 2 April 2024
Advertisement expiry: 23 April 2024
Site notice start: 27 March 2024
Site notice end: 17 April 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12831362
Documents: 87
Constraints: 9

Site constraints

Checking the site

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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.

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