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Perrywood Garden Centre Newton Road Sudbury Suffolk CO10 0PZ

DC/26/00074Full Planning ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 10 March 2026

Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Proposal

Full Planning Application - Change of use of existing store building to retail sales at existing garden centre site, with replacement of roller shutter door with glazed auto door.

Received
8 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Assington
Agent
Pleydell Smithyman Limited
  1. Received8 Jan
  2. Validated9 Jan
  3. Consult.5 Feb
  4. Target20 Feb
  5. Decided10 Mar

Decided in 60 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Perrywood Garden Centre Newton Road Sudbury Suffolk CO10 0PZ. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days, 12 days longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 54 applications across Assington. We hold 3,165 applications in total for the CO10 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

  1. Failure to Comply with Policies SP06 and LP11 The proposed development seeks to introduce a main town centre use in an out of centre location. Policies SP06 and LP11 require that proposals for town centre uses outside defined centres are accompanied by a Sequential Test demonstrating that no suitable or available town centre or edge of centre sites exist. In addition, where proposals exceed the relevant thresholds or are located outside a defined centre, a Retail Impact Assessment is required to assess potential impacts on the vitality and viability of existing centres. No retail impact assessment has been submitted with the application and, as such, the Local Planning Authority is unable to carry out the retail sequential test required by the NPPF and development plan policies SP06 and LP11. The application is therefore unacceptable due to insufficient information to demonstrate the retail sequential test and the Local Planning Authority is unable to conclude that the proposal is appropriately located and would safeguard the vitality, viability, and long-term resilience of the established town centre hierarchy. The proposal fails to comply with Policies SP06 and LP11, as well as NPPF requirements relating to the location and assessment of main town centre uses, and is considered unacceptable. SUMMARY OF POLICIES WHICH ARE RELEVANT TO THE DECISION: 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 LP27 - Flood risk and vulnerability LP29 - Safe, Sustainable and Active Transport NPPF - National Planning Policy Framework PPG- Planning Practice Guidance

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
CO10 0PZ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Newton

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 January 2026
Consultation expiry
17 February 2026
Consultation start
15 January 2026
Consultation end
5 February 2026
Last date for comments
17 February 2026
Target decision date
20 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Pleydell Smithyman Limited
Agent address
Pleydell Smithyman Limited 20 A The Wharfage Ironbridge Telford TF8 7NH

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Last advertised
27 January 2026
Advertisement expiry
17 February 2026
Site notice start
20 January 2026
Site notice end
10 February 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14570620
Documents
16
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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.

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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