Arable Field 400M North East Of The A134 And A1092 Junction At Long Melford
Approved on 27 March 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 The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 6. Erection of 1 no grain store.
- Received
- 3 March 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- Long Melford
- ReceivedReceived3 Mar
- ValidatedValidated3 Mar
- Consult.Consultation16 Mar
- TargetTarget Date31 Mar
- DecidedDecided27 Mar
Decided in 24 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a planning application for a new dwelling at Arable Field 400M North East Of The A134 And A1092 Junction At Long Melford. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 220 applications of this type. This one was decided in 24 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 85 applications across Long Melford.
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
- Long Melford
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 16 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 9 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 16 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 16 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 31 March 2026
- Permission expires
- 27 March 2031
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 28 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14749142
- Documents
- 7
- Constraints
- 2
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.
© 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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