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Willow Farm Straight Road Polstead CO6 5DL

DC/26/01553Agricultural DeterminationPending Decision
Prior approval

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. Erection of 1no mono pitch building to store machinery.

Received
13 April 2026
Target decision date
11 May 2026
Public comments
1
Ward
Brett Vale
Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

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  1. Received13 Apr
  2. Validated13 Apr
  3. Consult.21 Apr
  4. Target11 May
  5. Decided
7 weeks typical decision time in Babergh Mid Suffolk79% of other applications approved

This is a planning application for an extension at Willow Farm Straight Road Polstead CO6 5DL. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 220 applications of this type and approves 92% of them, typically deciding them in 27 days. It was submitted on 13 April 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 75 applications across Brett Vale. We hold 2,496 applications in total for the CO6 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
DC/26/01553
Address
Willow Farm Straight Road Polstead CO6 5DL
Postcode
CO6 5DL
Local Authority
Babergh Mid Suffolk
Application Type
Agricultural Determination
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Undecided
Current Status
Awaiting decision
Ward
Brett Vale
Parish
Polstead

Applicant & Agent

Applicant Address
17 The Street Assington Sudbury Suffolk CO10 5LJ GB

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
13 April 2026
Consultation Expiry
21 April 2026
Target Decision Date
11 May 2026
Date Validated
13 April 2026
Date Submitted
13 April 2026
Consultation Start
14 April 2026
Consultation End
21 April 2026
Last Date for Comments
21 April 2026

Planning Decision

Statutory Period
28 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14849968
Comments
1
Documents
6
Constraints
5
Coordinates
52.023262, 0.903433
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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Associated applications

  1. 2026
    15 May

    Application for prior notification for a proposed Erection of 1no mono pitch building to store for the…

    PendingApplicationRelatedDC/26/02152
  2. 2026
    13 Apr

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

    This applicationPendingOtherDC/26/01553

Planning constraints

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 2026-10-09. 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.

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