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Land North West Of Rushmere Hall Farm East Of Existing Reservoir Blowers Lane Rushmere Suffolk

DC/23/1990/AGOPrior Notification AgriculturalApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 12 June 2023

Council decision: Prior Approval RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Prior Notification (Agriculture) - The construction of an extension to the existing reservoir to double its capacity, this will be achieved with a balanced cut and fill earth moving operation, no material will be brought onto or leave the site. The clay from the site will be engineered into the hydraulic cut off. As part of the project the overhead power lines will be re routed underground, this will remove them from the skyline at the top of the hill.

Received
19 May 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Wrentham, Wangford And Westleton
Agent
Hawes Associates
  1. Received19 May
  2. Validated19 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target16 Jun
  5. Decided12 Jun

Decided in 24 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for an extension at Land North West Of Rushmere Hall Farm East Of Existing Reservoir Blowers Lane Rushmere Suffolk. East Suffolk has handled 942 applications of this type. This one was decided in 24 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 50 applications across Wrentham, Wangford And Westleton.

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
Rushmere

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 May 2023
Target decision date
16 June 2023
Permission expires
12 June 2028

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • National Landscape (AONB): Suffolk Coast & Heaths
  • 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 (21)

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, 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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