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Shotley Caravan Park Gate Farm Road Shotley Ipswich Suffolk IP9 1QH

DC/26/01254Lawful Development Certificate ProposedAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for a Proposed Use or Development - Siting of an additional 3 no. static caravans (providing for up to 16 no. static caravans in total) for year-round occupation

Received
23 March 2026
Decision due
28 May 2026
Ward
Ganges
  1. Received23 Mar
  2. Validated14 May
  3. Consult.5 Jun
  4. Target28 May
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 5 June.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (4)

About this application

This is an outline application at Shotley Caravan Park Gate Farm Road Shotley Ipswich Suffolk IP9 1QH. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 792 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 23 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 13 applications across Ganges. We hold 834 applications in total for the IP9 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
IP9 1QH
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate Proposed
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Shotley

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 May 2026
Consultation expiry
5 June 2026
Consultation start
15 May 2026
Consultation end
5 June 2026
Last date for comments
5 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Ground Floor, Oddfellows Hall London Road Chipping Norton OX7 5QH
Applicant company

Shotley Country Park Limited

Company number 10193207

Status
Active
Type
Private limited company
Incorporated
23 May 2016 (10 years old)
Nature of business
Recreational vehicle parks, trailer parks and camping grounds
Registered office
Nottingham
View on Companies House

Company information from Companies House.

Planning decision

Case officer
Samantha Summers
Statutory period
14 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14797391
Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • National Landscape (AONB): Suffolk Coast & Heaths
  • SSSI: Orwell Estuary SSSIPart of the site
  • Special Protection Area: Stour and Orwell EstuariesPart of the site
  • Ramsar wetland: Stour and Orwell EstuariesPart of the site

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 (18)

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, Special Areas of Conservation, 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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