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Green Farm House The Green Hartest Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP29 4DH

DC/25/03250Refused

Refused on 12 May 2026

1 reason for refusal

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Householder Application - Erection of a single storey rear porch extension (existing single storey rear porch to be removed).

Received
21 July 2025
  1. Received21 Jul
  2. Validated4 Sep
  3. Consult.22 Apr
  4. Target12 May
  5. Decided12 May

Decided in 250 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a porch at Green Farm House The Green Hartest Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP29 4DH. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 15,395 applications of this type. This one was decided in 250 days, 29 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Hartest conservation area, with 14 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,033 applications in total for the IP29 postcode area.

Why it was refused

  1. REASON(S) FOR REFUSAL: ECOLOGY The supporting information fails to provide sufficient ecological information in relation to European Protected Species, and the potential impacts on said species as a result of the scheme. Consequently, the proposal fails to accord with development plan policies SP09 and LP16, as well as Paragraph 187 of the NPPF. Additionally, the Local Planning Authority cannot be reasonably satisfied that the proposal would not result in unacceptable harm to biodiversity under the statutory duties imparted by Regulation 9(3) of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017, and Section 40 of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006. The application is refused on this basis. SUMMARY OF POLICIES WHICH ARE RELEVANT TO THE DECISION: Babergh and Mid Suffolk Joint Local Plan (JLP) (2023) SP03 - The sustainable location of new development SP09 - Enhancement and Management of the Environment SP10 - Climate Change LP03 - Residential Extensions and Conversions LP15 - Environmental Protection and Conservation LP16 - Biodiversity & Geodiversity LP19 - The Historic Environment LP23 - Sustainable Construction and Design LP24 - Design and Residential Amenity LP26 - Water resources and infrastructure LP27 - Flood risk and vulnerability LP29 - Safe, Sustainable and Active Transport Hartest Neighbourhood Development Plan (NDP) (2026) HAR 1 - Hartest’s Spatial Strategy HAR 7 - Biodiversity HAR 12 - Design Principles HAR 13 - Flooding and Sustainable Drainage National Planning Policy and Guidance NPPF - National Planning Policy Framework PPG - National Planning Practice Guidance

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
IP29 4DH

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 September 2025
Consultation end
22 April 2026
Target decision date
12 May 2026

Additional information

Documents
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Hartest
  • Listed building: Grade II: Old BakeryOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • 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 (20)

flood storage 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.

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.

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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