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Gosbeck Village Community Hall Ipswich Road Gosbeck Ipswich Suffolk IP6 9RZ

DC/24/03105Prior Approval Solar Install NonDomesticApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 10 September 2024

Council decision: Formal Approval NOT ReqdDelegated (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 - Construction of additional 16 solar panels on west facing roof and associated batteries.

Received
12 July 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Claydon & Barham
  1. Received12 Jul
  2. Validated30 Jul
  3. Consult.20 Aug
  4. Target10 Sep
  5. Decided10 Sep

Decided in 42 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Gosbeck Village Community Hall Ipswich Road Gosbeck Ipswich Suffolk IP6 9RZ. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 792 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 11 days longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 46 applications across Claydon & Barham. We hold 627 applications in total for the IP6 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
IP6 9RZ
Application type
Prior Approval Solar Install NonDomestic
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Gosbeck

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 July 2024
Consultation expiry
28 August 2024
Consultation start
30 July 2024
Consultation end
20 August 2024
Neighbour consultation start
30 July 2024
Neighbour consultation end
20 August 2024
Last date for comments
28 August 2024
Target decision date
10 September 2024
Permission expires
10 September 2029

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Site notice start
7 August 2024
Site notice end
28 August 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13216342
Documents
9
Constraints
3

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

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© 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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