The Mill Cottage Broxtead Estate Sutton Woodbridge Suffolk IP12 3HP
Proposal
Ground mount solar pv array totaling 2 x 5 panels configured in portrait. The array will be 5.5m x 3.6m ( totalling 19.8m2 ). The elevation will start at around 500mm off ground level and calculated to finish higher up at a 30 degree inclination to around 2.25m meters. The array will sit around 25m away from the house and within the boundary.
- Received
- 9 January 2026
- Decision due
- 24 March 2026
- Council
- East Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Deben
- Agent
- Aaron Electrical (Suffolk) Ltd
- ReceivedReceived9 Jan
- ValidatedValidated27 Jan
- Consult.Consultation27 Feb
- TargetTarget Date24 Mar
- DecidedDecided
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at The Mill Cottage Broxtead Estate Sutton Woodbridge Suffolk IP12 3HP. East Suffolk has handled 5,532 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 9 January 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Deben. We hold 803 applications in total for the IP12 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
- IP12 3HP
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Sutton
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 27 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 27 February 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Aaron Electrical (Suffolk) Ltd
- Agent address
- 30 Parsons Hill Hollesley Woodbridge IP12 3RB
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
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.
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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Source: East Suffolk
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