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The Food Museum Crowe Street Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 1DL

DC/25/05314Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 12 February 2026

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)7 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Full Planning Application - Construction of play area.

Received
3 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
10
Ward
St Peter's
  1. Received3 Dec
  2. Validated4 Dec
  3. Consult.6 Feb
  4. Target6 Feb
  5. Decided12 Feb

Decided in 70 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at The Food Museum Crowe Street Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 1DL. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 3 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Stowmarket conservation area. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across St Peter's. We hold 1,278 applications in total for the IP14 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
IP14 1DL
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Stowmarket

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 December 2025
Consultation expiry
6 February 2026
Consultation start
23 January 2026
Consultation end
6 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
8 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
29 December 2025
Last date for comments
6 February 2026
Target decision date
6 February 2026
Permission expires
12 February 2029

Planning decision

Statutory period
64 days

Publicity

Last advertised
17 December 2025
Advertisement expiry
7 January 2026
Site notice start
22 December 2025
Site notice end
12 January 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14454254
Documents
31
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: StowmarketPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: 18 and 20, Crowe StreetOn this site · +6 more
  • Registered park and garden: Abbot's HallPart of the site

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 (19)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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
    13 Mar

    Discharge of Condition Application for DC/25/05314

    PendingDischarge of conditionsDC/26/01104
  2. 2026
    23 Feb

    Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/25/05314

    PendingDischarge of conditionsDC/26/00763
  3. 2025
    3 Dec

    Full Planning Application - Construction of play area.

    This applicationApprovedFullDC/25/05314

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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