Rookery Farm Wenham Road Copdock And Washbrook IP8 3EZ
Approved on 2 April 2025
Council decision: Formal Approval NOT ReqdDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed Erection, Extension or Alteration of a building for Agricultural Use. The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) Schedule 2, Part 6. Erection of a grain store.
- Received
- 10 March 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- Copdock & Washbrook
- Agent
- Roger Balmer Design
- ReceivedReceived10 Mar
- ValidatedValidated10 Mar
- Consult.Consultation18 Mar
- TargetTarget Date7 Apr
- DecidedDecided2 Apr
Decided in 23 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a planning application for an extension at Rookery Farm Wenham Road Copdock And Washbrook IP8 3EZ. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 220 applications of this type. This one was decided in 23 days, 4 weeks quicker than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 42 applications across Copdock & Washbrook. We hold 519 applications in total for the IP8 postcode area.
94% of all 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
- IP8 3EZ
- Application type
- Agricultural Determination
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Copdock And Washbrook
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 10 March 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 18 March 2025
- Consultation start
- 11 March 2025
- Consultation end
- 18 March 2025
- Last date for comments
- 18 March 2025
- Target decision date
- 7 April 2025
- Permission expires
- 2 April 2030
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Roger Balmer Design
- Agent address
- Roger Balmer Design Fountain House Studio The Street East Bergholt Colchester CO7 6TB
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 28 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13835643
- Documents
- 6
- Constraints
- 5
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202622 Oct
Planning Application - Conversion and extension of 1No former agricultural barn to create 1no dwelling and…
PendingApplicationDC/26/04539 - 20251 Jul
Planning Application. Conversion and extension of 2No. former agricultural barns to create 1no Self-Build…
ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationDC/25/02948
Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk
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