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Old Buckenham Hall School Brettenham Park Brettenham Ipswich Suffolk IP7 7PH

DC/26/00995Full Planning ApplicationAwaiting decision
Full

Proposal

Full Planning Application - Erection of swimming pool enclosure

Received
9 March 2026
Decision due
21 April 2026
Ward
North Cosford
Agent
Roger Balmer Design
  1. Received9 Mar
  2. Validated10 Mar
  3. Consult.12 Apr
  4. Target21 Apr
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 12 April.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (8)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Old Buckenham Hall School Brettenham Park Brettenham Ipswich Suffolk IP7 7PH. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 9 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Brettenham conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 12 applications across North Cosford. We hold 480 applications in total for the IP7 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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Application details

Postcode
IP7 7PH
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Brettenham

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 March 2026
Consultation expiry
14 April 2026
Consultation start
18 March 2026
Consultation end
12 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
19 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
9 April 2026
Last date for comments
14 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Roger Balmer Design
Agent address
Roger Balmer Design Fountain House Studio The Street East Bergholt Colchester CO7 6TB

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Last advertised
24 March 2026
Advertisement expiry
14 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14759203
Comments
0
Documents
8
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Brettenham
  • 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, 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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