Skip to content

Land Off Bourne Hill Wherstead IP2 8NQ

DC/26/00668Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 7 May 2026

Council decision: Granted15 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Planning Application. Siting of 75no self-storage containers (B8)

Received
18 February 2026
Public comments
20
Ward
Orwell
Agent
Wilkinson Planning Ltd
  1. Received18 Feb
  2. Validated19 Feb
  3. Consult.5 May
  4. Target7 May
  5. Decided7 May

Decided in 77 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land Off Bourne Hill Wherstead IP2 8NQ. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 78 days, 4 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.Planning something similar? See what gets approved on your street

Application details

Postcode
IP2 8NQ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wherstead

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 February 2026
Consultation expiry
27 March 2026
Consultation start
25 February 2026
Consultation end
5 May 2026
Neighbour consultation start
26 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
19 March 2026
Last date for comments
27 March 2026
Target decision date
7 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Wilkinson Planning Ltd
Agent address
Wilkinson Planning Ltd Bury Lodge Bury Road Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 1JA

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Last advertised
3 March 2026
Advertisement expiry
24 March 2026
Site notice start
6 March 2026
Site notice end
27 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14712544
Documents
42
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    1 Sep

    Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/26/00668

    PendingDischarge of conditionsDC/26/03776
  2. 2026
    18 Feb

    Planning Application. Siting of 75no self-storage containers (B8)

    This applicationApprovedFullDC/26/00668

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near IP2

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

For the applicant

Need an ecological survey or mitigation plan? Ecologists near this site

Condition BNG on the decision asks for this.

See all ecologists near Wherstead

Nearest first, within 25 miles of the site. Every firm is listed free.

Planning something similar?

See what the council approved and refused on your street for the project you have in mind. Pick your home and get the evidence before you pay for drawings.

See what gets approved on your streetBuying this property? Report on this address