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Proposed Reservoir Land West Of High House Ferry Road Bawdsey Suffolk

DC/23/1535/AGOPrior Notification AgriculturalApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 17 May 2023

Council decision: Prior Approval Required

Proposal

Prior Notification (Agricultural) - A balanced cut and fill earthmoving operation to create an irrigation reservoir. The natural clay from the site will be engineered to form a water proof lining. The water stored will be pumped from the IDB pump draining the marshes whcih would otherwise be pumped to waste in the North Sea. Why necessary for agriculture: At present vegetable production on the hihgher light land on the farm is limited by the availability of irrigation water. This development is part of a project to use the water pumped to waste by the Internal Drainage Board in a number of reservoirs in this area which will allow a larger area of irrigated cropping, primarily potatoes, carrots and onions. Why designed for agriculture: The reservoir site is adjacent to the existing infrastructure across the farm.

Received
14 April 2023
Public comments
4
Ward
Deben
Agent
Hawes Associates
  1. Received14 Apr
  2. Validated14 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target12 May
  5. Decided17 May

Decided in 33 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Proposed Reservoir Land West Of High House Ferry Road Bawdsey Suffolk. East Suffolk has handled 942 applications of this type. This one was decided in 33 days, 3 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 25 applications across Deben.

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

Application type
Prior Notification Agricultural
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bawdsey

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 April 2023
Target decision date
12 May 2023
Permission expires
17 May 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Hawes Associates
Agent address
11 Church Walk Aldeburgh Suffolk IP15 5DU

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Documents
15

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 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • National Landscape (AONB): Suffolk Coast & Heaths
  • Heritage coast: Suffolk

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 (20)

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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves 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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