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Hill Farm Chapel Lane Sweffling Suffolk IP17 2BS

DC/13/3555/EEElectricity Company ConsultationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 18 December 2013

Council decision: No ObjectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

The development of the solar farm at Parham necessitates connection onto the existing overhead power line. As the existing pole (55) is merely a single pole it is technically necessary to change it to an H-Pole to make the connection from an underground cable laid from the development

Received
29 November 2013
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Framlingham
Agent
Freedom Group
  1. Received29 Nov
  2. Validated29 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target20 Dec
  5. Decided18 Dec

Decided in 19 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Hill Farm Chapel Lane Sweffling Suffolk IP17 2BS. East Suffolk has handled 942 applications of this type. This one was decided in 19 days, 5 weeks quicker than East Suffolk's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 83 applications across Framlingham. We hold 1,357 applications in total for the IP17 postcode area.

87% of outline applications at East Suffolk Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
IP17 2BS
Application type
Electricity Company Consultation
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Sweffling

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 November 2013
Target decision date
20 December 2013
Decision issued
19 December 2013
Permission expires
19 December 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent
Freedom Group
Agent address
Unit 8 Windmill Avenue Woolpit Buisness Park Woolpit Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9UP

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
2
Constraints
1

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

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© 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: East Suffolk

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