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Land North West Of Chapel Road Wattisfield Suffolk

DC/24/05234Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 28 January 2025

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Full Planning Application - Change of use of land to equine use. Erection of stables, horse shelters, kennels, all weather turn-out area and hardstanding (retention of). Erection of day/tack/security room.

Received
29 November 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
8
Ward
Walsham-le-Willows
  1. Received29 Nov
  2. Validated4 Dec
  3. Consult.6 Feb
  4. Target15 Jan
  5. Decided28 Jan

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Land North West Of Chapel Road Wattisfield Suffolk. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 11 days 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 79 applications across Walsham-le-Willows.

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
Small
Parish
Wattisfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 December 2024
Consultation expiry
6 February 2025
Consultation start
16 January 2025
Consultation end
6 February 2025
Neighbour consultation start
4 December 2024
Neighbour consultation end
25 December 2024
Last date for comments
27 January 2025
Target decision date
15 January 2025
Permission expires
28 January 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Acorus
Agent address
10 Risbygate St Bury St Edmunds IP33 3AA

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Last advertised
11 December 2024
Advertisement expiry
1 January 2025
Site notice start
13 December 2024
Site notice end
3 January 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13580272
Documents
23
Constraints
4

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    14 Nov

    Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/24/05234

    RefusedDischarge of conditionsDC/25/05047
  2. 2025
    22 Jul

    Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/24/05234

    RefusedDischarge of conditionsDC/25/03280
  3. 2024
    29 Nov

    Full Planning Application - Change of use of land to equine use. Erection of stables, horse shelters…

    This applicationApprovedFullDC/24/05234

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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