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Agricultural Land Adj Existing Car Park Church Road Rougham Suffolk

DC/15/2406/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 14 July 2016

Council decision: Approve applicationDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Planning Application - (i) Change of use of agricultural land (Sui Generis Agriculture) to car park (Sui Generis) for school use (ii) 3metre boundary hedging as amended by location plan, block plan and arboricultural impact assessment received 27th May and 8th June 2016 revising layout and omitting additional vehicular access

Received
25 November 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rougham
  1. Received25 Nov
  2. Validated3 Dec
  3. Consult.1 Jul
  4. Target28 Jan
  5. Decided14 Jul

Decided in 224 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Agricultural Land Adj Existing Car Park Church Road Rougham Suffolk. West Suffolk has handled 2,535 applications of this type. This one was decided in 232 days, 25 weeks longer than West Suffolk's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 32 applications across Rougham.

94% of full applications at West 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
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Rushbrooke With Rougham

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 December 2015
Consultation expiry
1 July 2016
Consultation start
10 June 2016
Consultation end
1 July 2016
Neighbour consultation end
1 July 2016
Target decision date
28 January 2016
Permission expires
14 July 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Cottage White Horse Lane Bradfield St George Suffolk IP30 0BQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
11 December 2015
Advertisement expiry
1 January 2016
Site notice start
14 December 2015
Site notice end
4 January 2016

Additional information

Documents
19
Constraints
6

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 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2017
    6 Feb

    Application to Discharge Conditions 4 (Arboricultural Method Statements), 5 (Tree Protection Measures) and 6…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDCON(A)/15/2406
  2. 2015
    25 Nov

    Planning Application - (i) Change of use of agricultural land (Sui Generis Agriculture) to car park (Sui…

    This applicationApprovedFullDC/15/2406/FUL

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