Land At Spong Farm Stowmarket Road Earl Stonham Suffolk
Proposal
Full Planning Application - Change of use of land to enclosed dog walking and exercise area, including associated vehicular parking.
- Received
- 22 December 2025
- Decision due
- 10 February 2026
- Public comments
- 13
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- Stonham
- Agent
- Ben Elvin Planning Consultancy
- ReceivedReceived22 Dec
- ValidatedValidated30 Dec
- Consult.Consultation10 Feb
- TargetTarget Date10 Feb
- DecidedDecided
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Land At Spong Farm Stowmarket Road Earl Stonham Suffolk. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 22 December 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 56 applications across Stonham.
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
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Earl Stonham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 30 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 10 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 27 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 10 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 5 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 26 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 10 February 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Ben Elvin Planning Consultancy
- Agent address
- Ben Elvin Planning Consultancy 122 Constable Road IPSWICH IP4 2XA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 7 January 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 28 January 2025
- Site notice start
- 5 January 2026
- Site notice end
- 26 January 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14583222
- Documents
- 16
- Constraints
- 4
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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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.
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© 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.
Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk
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