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Park Farm Business Centre Culford Road Fornham St Genevieve IP28 6TS

DC/21/0426/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 29 June 2021

Council decision: Approve applicationDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Planning application - a. single storey building to provide mixed use flexible meeting space and catering services to the businesses operating from the existing office buildings at Park Farm, b. parking with electric vehicle charge points, c. battery storage for roof top solar panels, d. landscaping and associated works

Received
1 March 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
The Fornhams And Great Barton
Agent
Winthrop Planning
  1. Received1 Mar
  2. Validated15 Mar
  3. Consult.29 Jun
  4. Target10 May
  5. Decided29 Jun

Decided in 106 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Park Farm Business Centre Culford Road Fornham St Genevieve IP28 6TS. West Suffolk has handled 2,535 applications of this type. This one was decided in 120 days, 9 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 70 applications across The Fornhams And Great Barton. We hold 1,144 applications in total for the IP28 postcode area.

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

Postcode
IP28 6TS
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Fornham St. Martin Cum St.Genevieve

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 March 2021
Consultation expiry
29 June 2021
Consultation start
8 June 2021
Consultation end
29 June 2021
Neighbour consultation end
9 April 2021
Target decision date
10 May 2021
Committee meeting
1 June 2021
Permission expires
29 June 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Winthrop Planning
Agent address
Winthrop Cottage Church Street Groton Sudbury CO10 5HD Suffolk

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
26 March 2021
Advertisement expiry
16 April 2021
Site notice start
23 March 2021
Site notice end
13 April 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09542557
Documents
65
Constraints
8

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.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2022
    28 Nov

    Non material amendment to DC/21/0426/FUL

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendmentNMA(A)/21/0426
  2. 2022
    3 Mar

    Discharge of conditions for DC/21/0426/FUL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDCON(A)/21/0426
  3. 2021
    1 Mar

    Planning application - a. single storey building to provide mixed use flexible meeting space and catering…

    This applicationApprovedFullDC/21/0426/FUL

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