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Fressingfield Baptist Chapel School Lane Fressingfield Eye Suffolk IP21 5RU

DC/24/01948Prior Approval Solar Install NonDomesticWithdrawn
Outline / PiP

Withdrawn on 30 May 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Installation, Alteration or Replacement of other Solar Photovoltaics (PV) equipment on the Roofs on Non-domestic Buildings - The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 14, Class J - Installation of PV Panels on west facing roof of new Chapel.

Received
24 April 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Fressingfield
  1. Received24 Apr
  2. Validated26 Apr
  3. Consult.20 May
  4. Target7 Jun
  5. Decided30 May

Decided in 34 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Fressingfield Baptist Chapel School Lane Fressingfield Eye Suffolk IP21 5RU. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 792 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 36 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 54 applications across Fressingfield. We hold 673 applications in total for the IP21 postcode area.

79% of outline 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
IP21 5RU
Application type
Prior Approval Solar Install NonDomestic
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Fressingfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 April 2024
Consultation expiry
31 May 2024
Consultation start
29 April 2024
Consultation end
20 May 2024
Neighbour consultation start
30 April 2024
Neighbour consultation end
21 May 2024
Last date for comments
31 May 2024
Target decision date
7 June 2024
Permission expires
30 May 2029

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Site notice start
10 May 2024
Site notice end
31 May 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13007344
Documents
8
Constraints
2

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.

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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