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Neutral Farm Mill Lane Butley Woodbridge Suffolk IP12 3PA

DC/24/3214/P14JPrior Approval Solar PV Non-DomesticApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 1 November 2024

Council decision: Prior Approval GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Prior Notification - Installation, Alteration or Replacement of other Solar Photovoltaics (PV) equipment on the Roofs of Non-domestic Buildings - Installation of 396 panels to the roof of agricultural building with installed capacity of 178.2 kWP

Received
6 September 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
6
Ward
Deben
Agent
East Green Energy Limited
  1. Received6 Sep
  2. Validated6 Sep
  3. Consult.21 Oct
  4. Target1 Nov
  5. Decided1 Nov

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Neutral Farm Mill Lane Butley Woodbridge Suffolk IP12 3PA. East Suffolk has handled 942 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Deben. We hold 800 applications in total for the IP12 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
IP12 3PA
Application type
Prior Approval Solar PV Non-Domestic
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Butley

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 September 2024
Last date for comments
21 October 2024
Target decision date
1 November 2024
Permission expires
1 November 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
East Green Energy Limited
Agent address
2C Riverside Business Centre Dock Lane Melton Woodbridge Suffolk IP12 1RA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
22

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

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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