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Elmsett Airfield Whatfield Road Elmsett Ipswich Suffolk IP7 6LN

DC/25/04224Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 22 December 2025

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)8 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Full Planning Application - Proposed Light Aircraft Hangar and Associated Hardstandings.

Received
23 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
10
Ward
South East Cosford
Agent
Complete Land Management Ltd
  1. Received23 Sep
  2. Validated24 Sep
  3. Consult.7 Nov
  4. Target5 Jan
  5. Decided22 Dec

Decided in 89 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Elmsett Airfield Whatfield Road Elmsett Ipswich Suffolk IP7 6LN. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 90 days, 6 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across South East Cosford. We hold 480 applications in total for the IP7 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
IP7 6LN
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Elmsett

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 September 2025
Consultation expiry
7 November 2025
Consultation start
17 October 2025
Consultation end
7 November 2025
Neighbour consultation start
2 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
23 October 2025
Last date for comments
7 November 2025
Target decision date
5 January 2026
Permission expires
22 December 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Complete Land Management Ltd
Agent address
Complete Land Management Ltd Sackville House Sackville Lane Hartfield Tunbridge Wells TN7 4AW

Planning decision

Statutory period
103 days

Publicity

Last advertised
14 October 2025
Advertisement expiry
4 November 2025
Site notice start
17 October 2025
Site notice end
7 November 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14342754
Documents
36
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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
    19 Jan

    Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/25/04224

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDC/26/00203
  2. 2025
    23 Sep

    Full Planning Application - Proposed Light Aircraft Hangar and Associated Hardstandings.

    This applicationApprovedFullDC/25/04224

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