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South Of Existing Reservoir By Gravel Pit Wood 1.5km West Of Alderton Village Alderton Suffolk

DC/24/1434/AGO2Prior Approval Details AgriculturalApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 11 June 2024

Council decision: Prior Approval GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Prior Notification (Agricultural) - A balanced cut and fill earthmoving operation to construction additional irrigation water storage at the existing reservoir site. No materials will be brought onto or leave the site . The geology is sand and as such a High Density Poly Ethylene (HDPE) membrane will be required to contain the water. The project falls within the safety legislation of the Reservoirs Act.

Received
17 April 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Deben
Agent
Hawes Associates
  1. Received17 Apr
  2. Validated17 Apr
  3. Consult.16 May
  4. Target12 Jun
  5. Decided11 Jun

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at South Of Existing Reservoir By Gravel Pit Wood 1.5km West Of Alderton Village Alderton Suffolk. East Suffolk has handled 1,341 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Deben.

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Application details

Application type
Prior Approval Details Agricultural
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Alderton

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 April 2024
Last date for comments
16 May 2024
Target decision date
12 June 2024
Permission expires
11 June 2029

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
27

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

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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.

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