Land To The South Of Church Farm, Somersham IP8 4PN And Land To The East Of The Channel, Burstall Suffolk IP8 4JL
Approved on 18 November 2025
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Application for a Non-Material Amendment relating to DC/21/00060 - Amendment to the site layout of the facility to take into consideration 4 panel system, and alternative layout for BESS facility.
- Received
- 14 October 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- Bramford & Blakenham
- ReceivedReceived14 Oct
- ValidatedValidated14 Oct
- Consult.Consultation17 Nov
- TargetTarget Date11 Nov
- DecidedDecided18 Nov
Decided in 35 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Land To The South Of Church Farm, Somersham IP8 4PN And Land To The East Of The Channel, Burstall Suffolk IP8 4JL. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 549 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 2 weeks quicker than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Bramford & Blakenham. We hold 519 applications in total for the IP8 postcode area.
90% of amendment 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 4PN
- Application type
- Non Material Amendment
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Burstall
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 14 October 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 17 November 2025
- Consultation start
- 13 November 2025
- Consultation end
- 17 November 2025
- Last date for comments
- 17 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 11 November 2025
- Permission expires
- 18 November 2030
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Unit 5.3 BRISTOL BS4 3EH United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 28 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14405585
- Documents
- 9
- Constraints
- 3
Site constraints
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.
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© 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.
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Planning history at this site
6 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202622 Jun
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/23/02118
PendingDischarge of conditionsDC/26/02632 - 202626 Mar
Confirmation of Compliance with Conditions for DC/23/02118
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDC/26/01316 - 20269 Feb
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/23/02118
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDC/26/00526 - 20266 Feb
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/23/02118
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDC/26/00487 - 20251 Dec
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/23/02118
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDC/25/05267 - 202514 Jul
Discharge of Condition Application for DC/23/04730
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDC/25/03150
Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk
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