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Rushmere Heath Water Tower Linksfield Track Rushmere St Andrew Ipswich Suffolk IP4 5WA

DC/26/0262/CONOther ConsultationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 10 February 2026

Council decision: No ObjectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Consultation - Upgrade process will primarily involve swapping existing equipment and replacing this with similar new apparatus

Received
22 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rushmere St Andrew
  1. Received22 Jan
  2. Validated22 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target12 Feb
  5. Decided10 Feb

Decided in 19 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Rushmere Heath Water Tower Linksfield Track Rushmere St Andrew Ipswich Suffolk IP4 5WA. East Suffolk has handled 942 applications of this type. This one was decided in 19 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 8 applications across Rushmere St Andrew. We hold 188 applications in total for the IP4 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
IP4 5WA
Application type
Other Consultation
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Rushmere St Andrew

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 January 2026
Target decision date
12 February 2026
Permission expires
10 February 2031

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Local nature reserve: SandlingsNext to the site
  • 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, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national 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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