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Rookery Farm Wenham Road Copdock And Washbrook IP8 3EZ

DC/25/02948Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 18 November 2025

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)16 conditions

Proposal

Planning Application. Conversion and extension of 2No. former agricultural barns to create 1no Self-Build dwelling and associated change of use of land, along with landscaping and access amendments.

Received
1 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
9
Ward
Copdock & Washbrook
Agent
Roger Balmer Design
  1. Received1 Jul
  2. Validated3 Jul
  3. Consult.30 Oct
  4. Target11 Nov
  5. Decided18 Nov

Decided in 138 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Rookery Farm Wenham Road Copdock And Washbrook IP8 3EZ. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 140 days, 13 weeks 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 42 applications across Copdock & Washbrook. We hold 519 applications in total for the IP8 postcode area.

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

Postcode
IP8 3EZ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Copdock And Washbrook

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 July 2025
Consultation expiry
30 October 2025
Consultation start
16 October 2025
Consultation end
30 October 2025
Neighbour consultation start
16 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
30 October 2025
Last date for comments
30 October 2025
Target decision date
11 November 2025
Permission expires
18 November 2028

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
131 days

Publicity

Last advertised
22 July 2025
Advertisement expiry
12 August 2025
Site notice start
17 July 2025
Site notice end
7 August 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14101015
Documents
35
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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. 2026
    31 Mar

    Application under Section 73 of The Town and Country Planning Act 1990 - Variation of Condition 2 (Approved…

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)DC/26/01375
  2. 2026
    20 Mar

    Application for a Non-Material Amendment to DC/25/02948

    WithdrawnNon-material amendmentAmendmentDC/26/01216
  3. 2025
    1 Jul

    Planning Application. Conversion and extension of 2No. former agricultural barns to create 1no Self-Build…

    This applicationApprovedFullDC/25/02948

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