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Akenham Hall Farm Henley Road Akenham Suffolk

DC/26/00418Agricultural DeterminationApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 24 February 2026

Council decision: Formal Approval NOT ReqdDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Application to determine if Prior Approval is required for a Proposed: Erection, Extension or Alteration of a building for Agricultural or Forestry Use. Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 as amended Schedule 2, Part 6, Class A - Erection of agricultural building for the storage of crops, inputs (seeds and fertiliser) and agricultural machinery.

Received
2 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Claydon & Barham
  1. Received2 Feb
  2. Validated2 Feb
  3. Consult.11 Feb
  4. Target2 Mar
  5. Decided24 Feb

Decided in 22 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application for an extension at Akenham Hall Farm Henley Road Akenham Suffolk. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 220 applications of this type. This one was decided in 22 days, 4 weeks quicker than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 46 applications across Claydon & Barham.

94% of all 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
Agricultural Determination
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Akenham

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 February 2026
Consultation expiry
11 February 2026
Consultation start
4 February 2026
Consultation end
11 February 2026
Last date for comments
11 February 2026
Target decision date
2 March 2026
Permission expires
24 February 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Rivers Court High Street Sproughton Ipswich Suffolk IP8 3AP

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14647981
Documents
9
Constraints
6

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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