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Marsh Farm Guildhall Lane Wrentham NR34 7NA

DC/21/4839/FULFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 20 April 2022

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

The development of 2 no. fishing lakes for recreational fishing. Installation of a 3x3m green GRP cubicle to house a borehole for water extraction. Installation of a 10kW solar PV array to power the pumps. The new fishing lakes are to use existing car parking area.

Received
21 October 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
14
Ward
Wrentham, Wangford And Westleton
  1. Received21 Oct
  2. Validated21 Oct
  3. Consult.13 Jan
  4. Target15 Dec
  5. Decided20 Apr

Decided in 181 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Marsh Farm Guildhall Lane Wrentham NR34 7NA. East Suffolk has handled 5,532 applications of this type. This one was decided in 181 days, 18 weeks longer than East Suffolk's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Wrentham, Wangford And Westleton. We hold 1,406 applications in total for the NR34 postcode area.

93% of full 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
NR34 7NA
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wrentham

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 October 2021
Last date for comments
13 January 2022
Target decision date
15 December 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
Forenergy
Agent address
16 Union Lane Thorpe Road Haddiscoe Oulton NR32 3AX

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
40
Constraints
8

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.

Source: East Suffolk

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