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The National Grid (Bramford To Twinstead Reinforcement) Order 2024

DC/26/01401Discharge of RequirementApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 2 April 2026

Council decision: CommentDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

The National Grid (Bramford To Twinstead Reinforcement) Order 2024:Notification of Pre commencement Operation - Requirement 3(1) :Stage 3 (Overhead Line works) - Temporary welfare, Access, Fencing, Diversions and Services- Installation of temporary access at location C-AP1 scheduled to start 20th April 2026. Erection of temporary demarcation fencing scheduled to start 7th April 2026

Received
31 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Assington
  1. Received31 Mar
  2. Validated31 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target7 Apr
  5. Decided2 Apr

Decided in 2 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at The National Grid (Bramford To Twinstead Reinforcement) Order 2024. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 2,320 applications of this type. This one was decided in 2 days, 7 weeks quicker than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. There have been 74 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 54 applications across Assington.

95% of conditions 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
Discharge of Requirement
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Assington

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 March 2026
Target decision date
7 April 2026
Permission expires
2 April 2031

Planning decision

Statutory period
7 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
1
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

Planning history at this site

20 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    9 Nov

    Submission of Details reserved by Requirement 6 of the Detailed Written Scheme of Investigation (DWSI) for…

    PendingDischarge of conditionsDC/26/04856
  2. 2026
    9 Nov

    Submission of Details reserved by Requirement 6 of the Detailed Written Scheme of Investigation (DWSI) for…

    PendingDischarge of conditionsDC/26/04858
  3. 2026
    6 Nov

    Submission of Details reserved by Requirement 4(1)(a) Construction Environmental Management Plan for Stage…

    PendingDischarge of conditionsDC/26/04798
  4. 2026
    27 Oct

    Formal resubmission to discharge of Requirement 14 - Soil Management Plan for Stages 6-8 of the authorised…

    PendingDischarge of conditionsDC/26/04644
  5. 2026
    21 Oct

    Submission of Details reserved by Requirement 14(1) - To agree an alternative timetable for the submission…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDC/26/04578
  6. 2026
    13 Oct

    Submission of Details reserved by Requirement 6 of the Detailed Written Scheme of Investigation (DWSI) for…

    PendingDischarge of conditionsDC/26/04479

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