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Land At Valley Road Little Blakenham Suffolk IP8 4LP

DC/26/01277Agricultural DeterminationApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 8 May 2026

Council decision: Formal Approval of Details IS requiredDelegated (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. Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 as amended Schedule 2, Part 6, Class A - Construction of a below ground irrigation reservoir lined with engineered clay from the site.

Received
24 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Blakenham
  1. Received24 Mar
  2. Validated24 Mar
  3. Consult.15 May
  4. Target28 May
  5. Decided8 May

Decided in 45 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application for an extension at Land At Valley Road Little Blakenham Suffolk IP8 4LP. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 220 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 4 days quicker than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 19 applications across Blakenham. We hold 519 applications in total for the IP8 postcode area.

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

Postcode
IP8 4LP
Application type
Agricultural Determination
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Little Blakenham

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 March 2026
Consultation expiry
15 May 2026
Consultation start
1 May 2026
Consultation end
15 May 2026
Neighbour consultation start
13 April 2026
Neighbour consultation end
4 May 2026
Last date for comments
15 May 2026
Target decision date
28 May 2026
Decision issued
11 May 2026
Permission expires
11 May 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent address
11 Church Walk Aldeburgh IP15 5DU United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
65 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14807136
Documents
20
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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
    29 Jun

    Application for Prior Approval for Construction of a below ground irrigation reservoir lined with engineered…

    PendingAgricultural Determination - 2nd StageRelatedDC/26/02769
  2. 2026
    24 Mar

    Application to determine if Prior Approval is required for a Proposed: Erection, Extension or Alteration of a…

    This applicationApprovedOtherDC/26/01277

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