Land At Raile Walk Long Melford CO10 9EG

DC/26/00714Telecommunications DeterminationRefused

Prior approval

Refused on 15 April 2026

Council decision: Formal Approval IS required - RefusedPlanning committee2 reasons for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Prior Approval application for proposed telecommunications code system operators development under Schedule 2, Part 16, Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended) - Installation of 1no 20.2M monopole phone mast with 9no antennae, 2no 300mm dishes, 1no GPS nodes, 6no equipment cabinets and ancillary works.

Received: 23 February 2026
Decision level: Planning committee
Public comments: 28
Council: Babergh District Council
Ward: Long Melford

ReceivedReceived23 Feb
ValidatedValidated23 Feb
Consult.Consultation18 Mar
TargetTarget Date23 Mar
DecidedDecided15 Apr

Decided in 51 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at Land At Raile Walk Long Melford CO10 9EG. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 21 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 85 applications across Long Melford. We hold 3,165 applications in total for the CO10 postcode area.

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Why it was refused

REASON(S) FOR REFUSAL - POOR SITING AND DESIGN The Local Planning Authority has determined that the proposal fails on the grounds of its siting and design. The proposal is held to be visually incongruous and overbearing near to bungalows and within the surrounding street scene; harmfully detracting from the character and appearance of the locality, especially in the context of views from the historic Long Melford Conservation Area. Consequently, Prior Approval is Required and Refused.
REASON(S) FOR REFUSAL - FAILURE TO SERVE NOTICE Paragraph A.3.—(1) of Part 16 of Schedule 2 of the General Permitted Development Order states that: Before making the application required by sub-paragraph (4), the developer must give notice of the proposed development to any person (other than the developer) who is an owner of the land to which the development relates. In this instance, the applicant has failed to properly serve notice on all landowners. Approval, therefore, cannot be granted.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode: CO10 9EG
Application type: Telecommunications Determination
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Long Melford

Planning application dates

Date validated: 23 February 2026
Consultation expiry: 1 April 2026
Consultation start: 25 February 2026
Consultation end: 18 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start: 26 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end: 19 March 2026
Last date for comments: 1 April 2026
Target decision date: 23 March 2026
Committee meeting: 15 April 2026
Permission expires: 15 April 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent: Beacon Comms
Agent address: Beacon Comms 10 Sovereign Park Cleveland Way Hemel Hempstead HP2 7DA

Planning decision

Statutory period: 28 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 11 March 2026
Site notice end: 1 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14723871
Documents: 22
Constraints: 2

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Local nature reserve: The Railway WalksPart of the site
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 (21)

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, 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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Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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