Land Off Bourne Hill Wherstead Suffolk IP2 8NQ
Refused on 16 December 2025
Delegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal
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Proposal
Full Planning Application - Siting of 75 no. self-storage containers (B8)
- Received
- 29 October 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 21
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- Orwell
- ReceivedReceived29 Oct
- ValidatedValidated31 Oct
- Consult.Consultation8 Dec
- TargetTarget Date12 Dec
- DecidedDecided16 Dec
Decided in 46 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Land Off Bourne Hill Wherstead Suffolk IP2 8NQ. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Orwell. We hold 87 applications in total for the IP2 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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Why it was refused
- REASON(S) FOR REFUSAL - PRINCIPLE OF DEVELOPMENT CONTRARY TO DEVELOPMENT PLAN The proposed development is located outside of the Wherstead settlement boundary and does not accord with policy SP03 and SP05 of the Babergh and Mid Suffolk Joint Local Plan (2023) and WTD1 of the Neighbourhood Plan. Whilst Table 5 of SP03 does allow for provision of employment sites when the policy is read jointly with SP05, SP05 is conditional in its support. Criterion 5) b. requires that all proposals must demonstrate adequate highway capacity and access with sufficient on-site parking. With the absence of a Transport Statement, a full assessment of the scheme is unable to be made by Suffolk County Council as Highway Authority and, therefore, it has been considered that inadequate highway capacity may be present to support the development. With this failure to comply with SP05, in turn the scheme fails to comply with SP03 and therefore the principle of development is not presently supported. The proposal is contrary to Policy SP03 and SP05 of the Babergh and Mid Suffolk Joint Local Plan and WTD1 of the Neighbourhood Plan and is therefore refused on this basis.
- REASON(S) FOR REFUSAL - PRINCIPLE OF DEVELOPMENT CONTRARY TO DEVELOPMENT PLAN During the course of this application a holding objection was placed on the case from the Suffolk County Council Highway Authority who were unable to make a full assessment of the scheme due to insufficient information. It was requested that a Transport Statement be provided as part of the application; however, the additional information was not provided. Therefore, without information to the contrary, it has been assumed that the development would not accord with LP29 and WTD14 of the Development Plan with potential to have a significant impact upon highway safety and/or the functionality of the highway network. The application is therefore refused on this basis. SUMMARY OF POLICIES WHICH ARE RELEVANT TO THE DECISION: SP03 - The sustainable location of new development SP05 - Employment Land SP09 - Enhancement and Management of the Environment SP10 - Climate Change LP09 - Supporting a Prosperous Economy LP16 - Biodiversity & Geodiversity LP17 - Landscape LP18 - Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty LP23 - Sustainable Construction and Design LP24 - Design and Residential Amenity LP26 - Water resources and infrastructure LP29 - Safe, Sustainable and Active Transport Wherstead Neighbourhood Plan NPPF - National Planning Policy Framework
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- IP2 8NQ
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Wherstead
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 31 October 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 8 December 2025
- Consultation start
- 17 November 2025
- Consultation end
- 8 December 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 6 November 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 27 November 2025
- Last date for comments
- 8 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 12 December 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Bury Lodge Bury Road Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 1JA United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 11 November 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 2 December 2025
- Site notice start
- 7 November 2025
- Site notice end
- 28 November 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14442952
- Documents
- 35
- Constraints
- 3
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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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.
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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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