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Glemsford Primary Academy Lion Road Glemsford Sudbury Suffolk CO10 7RF

DC/25/03988Prior Approval Solar Install NonDomesticRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 3 November 2025

Council decision: Formal Approval IS required - RefusedDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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Proposal

Application to determine if Prior Approval is required for a proposed: Installation, Alteration or Replacement of Solar Photovoltaics (PV) on roofs of Non Domestic Buildings. Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development )(England) Order 2015 as amended Schedule 2, Part 14 Class J - Proposed roof mounted solar panels

Received
8 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Chadacre
Agent
Luke Strange Architecture Ltd
  1. Received8 Sep
  2. Validated8 Sep
  3. Consult.30 Sep
  4. Target20 Oct
  5. Decided3 Nov

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Glemsford Primary Academy Lion Road Glemsford Sudbury Suffolk CO10 7RF. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 792 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Glemsford conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 70 applications across Chadacre. We hold 3,165 applications in total for the CO10 postcode area.

79% of outline applications at Babergh District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed installation would fail to accord with the provisions Schedule 2, Part 14, Class J by way of being located within the curtilage of a Listed Building, outlined under Class J1(f). The scheme is also found to be unacceptable in respect of the potential impact of glint and glare because of the potential impact of the proposed panels on highway users of the adjacent Shepherds Lane. Under the provision of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 Schedule 2, Part 14, Class J.4, Subparagraphs (4)(a) and (b), the application is refused.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
CO10 7RF
Application type
Prior Approval Solar Install NonDomestic
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Glemsford

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 September 2025
Consultation expiry
15 October 2025
Consultation start
9 September 2025
Consultation end
30 September 2025
Neighbour consultation start
10 September 2025
Neighbour consultation end
1 October 2025
Last date for comments
15 October 2025
Target decision date
20 October 2025
Permission expires
3 November 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent
Luke Strange Architecture Ltd
Agent address
Luke Strange Architecture Ltd 20 Hollicondane Road Ramsgate CT11 7PH

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Site notice start
24 September 2025
Site notice end
15 October 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14313763
Documents
12
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

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Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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