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Land At The Junction Of Church Street And Friars Street Sudbury Suffolk

DC/25/04702Full Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 15 December 2025

1 reason for refusal

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Proposal

Full Planning Application - Erection of two-storey dwelling

Received
22 October 2025
Public comments
13
Ward
Sudbury South West
  1. Received22 Oct
  2. Validated23 Oct
  3. Consult.16 Dec
  4. Target4 Dec
  5. Decided15 Dec

Decided in 53 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land At The Junction Of Church Street And Friars Street Sudbury Suffolk. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days, 5 days longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Sudbury conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Sudbury South West.

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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed vehicle access, taken directly from the adjacent lay-by, would reduce the operational capacity and intended public function of the lay-by, unacceptably impacting the on-street parking network. The access design requires reverse manoeuvring into the site, which would not be practical, convenient or safe, with vehicle reverse manoeuvring not minimising the scope for conflicts between pedestrians, cyclists and vehicles. The development does not demonstrate safe and suitable access for all, contrary to Policy LP29 of the Babergh and Mid Suffolk Joint Local Plan 2023 and paragraphs 115, 116 and 117 of the National Planning Policy Framework 2024. SUMMARY OF POLICIES WHICH ARE RELEVANT TO THE DECISION: SP01 - Housing Needs SP03 - The sustainable location of new development SP09 - Enhancement and Management of the Environment SP10 - Climate Change LP15 - Environmental Protection and Conservation LP16 - Biodiversity & Geodiversity LP17 - Landscape LP19 - The Historic Environment LP23 - Sustainable Construction and Design LP24 - Design and Residential Amenity LP29 - Safe, Sustainable and Active Transport

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Sudbury

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 October 2025
Consultation expiry
16 December 2025
Consultation start
2 December 2025
Consultation end
16 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start
27 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
17 November 2025
Last date for comments
2 December 2025
Target decision date
4 December 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Site notice start
31 October 2025
Site notice end
21 November 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14401609
Documents
47
Constraints
3

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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