Sites And Cycle Paths Woolverstone To Holbrook, Woolverstone To Chelmondiston Main Road Woolverstone
Approved on 16 February 2026
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)31 conditions
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Proposal
Application under Section 73 of The Town & Country Planning Act for DC/20/03247 (22no dwellings, cycle paths and amenity improvements) for the variation of Condition 15 (Cycle paths) to allow the path(s) to be provided in stages/phases to more closely accord with Schedule 3 of the Section 106 Agreement
- Received
- 23 October 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 8
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- Orwell
- Agent
- Roger Balmer Design
- ReceivedReceived23 Oct
- ValidatedValidated28 Oct
- Consult.Consultation9 Dec
- TargetTarget Date10 Feb
- DecidedDecided16 Feb
Decided in 111 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an application to vary a condition at Sites And Cycle Paths Woolverstone To Holbrook, Woolverstone To Chelmondiston Main Road Woolverstone. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 2,320 applications of this type. This one was decided in 116 days, 10 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Orwell.
95% of conditions 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 App Without Compliance of Condition
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Woolverstone
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 October 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 9 December 2025
- Consultation start
- 18 November 2025
- Consultation end
- 9 December 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 30 October 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 20 November 2025
- Last date for comments
- 9 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 10 February 2026
- Decision issued
- 17 February 2026
- Permission expires
- 17 February 2031
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Roger Balmer Design
- Agent address
- Roger Balmer Design Fountain House Studio The Street East Bergholt Colchester CO7 6TB
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 105 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 11 November 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 2 December 2025
- Site notice start
- 6 November 2025
- Site notice end
- 27 November 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14427058
- Documents
- 15
- Constraints
- 2
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: WoolverstonePart of the site
- 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 (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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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk
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