Land North West Of Stowupland Road Stowmarket Suffolk

DC/25/00899Full Planning ApplicationApproved

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Approved on 31 July 2025

Council decision: Granted2 conditions

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Proposal

Full Planning Application - Creation of a maintenance parking bay for the adjoining toucan crossing (retrospective application).

Received: 26 February 2025
Public comments: 5
Council: Babergh District Council
Ward: Stow Thorney
Agent: JCN Design & Planning

ReceivedReceived26 Feb
ValidatedValidated27 Feb
Consult.Consultation16 Jul
TargetTarget Date24 Jul
DecidedDecided31 Jul

Decided in 154 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land North West Of Stowupland Road Stowmarket Suffolk. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 155 days, 15 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 8 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Stow Thorney.

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: Stowmarket

Planning application dates

Date validated: 27 February 2025
Consultation expiry: 16 July 2025
Consultation start: 2 July 2025
Consultation end: 16 July 2025
Neighbour consultation start: 5 March 2025
Neighbour consultation end: 26 March 2025
Last date for comments: 16 July 2025
Target decision date: 24 July 2025
Permission expires: 31 July 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent: JCN Design & Planning
Agent address: 2 Exchange Court London Road Feering Colchester CO5 9FB United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 147 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 12 March 2025
Site notice end: 2 April 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13809105
Documents: 19
Constraints: 2

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Listed building: Grade II: Laburnham CottageOn or next to this site
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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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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Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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