Stowmarket Recreation Ground Finborough Road Stowmarket Suffolk
Approved on 5 November 2025
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)11 conditions
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Proposal
Full Planning Application - Installation of Poppy Play Area; Construction of Performance Area and new entrance arch; Other improvements include benches, bollards, fencing, new lamp posts, CCTV.
- Received
- 13 August 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 6
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- St Peter's
- ReceivedReceived13 Aug
- ValidatedValidated22 Aug
- Consult.Consultation21 Oct
- TargetTarget Date29 Oct
- DecidedDecided5 Nov
Decided in 75 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Stowmarket Recreation Ground Finborough Road Stowmarket Suffolk. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 5 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across St Peter's.
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
- 22 August 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 21 October 2025
- Consultation start
- 30 September 2025
- Consultation end
- 21 October 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 27 August 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 17 September 2025
- Last date for comments
- 21 October 2025
- Target decision date
- 29 October 2025
- Permission expires
- 5 November 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Unit 4, The Old Fox Yard Ipswich Street Stowmarket IP14 1AB United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 68 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 3 September 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 24 September 2025
- Site notice start
- 3 September 2025
- Site notice end
- 24 September 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14135040
- Documents
- 32
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: StowmarketPart of the site
- Listed building: Grade II: Stowmarket Council School Memorial Drinking FountainOn this site · +1 more
- Brownfield land register: StowmarketMiddleSchool,WalnutTreeWalk,IP141JPRegister site at or near this address · +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 (19)
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 and heritage coasts.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk
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