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Land Off Newmarket Road Great Saxham Suffolk

DC/23/0657/FULFull Planning ApplicationRefused
Full

Proposal

Planning application - new steel storage, processing and distribution facility (use class B2) and associated development including highway and drainage infrastructure, parking, fencing and landscaping

Received
25 April 2023
Decided
23 September 2024 · Refuse application
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Barrow
Approximate site (title boundary)
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  1. Received25 Apr
  2. Validated25 Apr
  3. Consult.21 Aug
  4. Target25 Jul
  5. Decided23 Sep

Decided in 517 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in West Suffolk94% of full applications approved

This is a full planning application at Land Off Newmarket Road Great Saxham Suffolk. West Suffolk has handled 2,494 applications of this type and approves 92% of them, typically deciding them in 59 days. This one was decided in 517 days, 65 weeks longer than West Suffolk's median. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 18 applications across Barrow.

Application Details

Reference
DC/23/0657/FUL
Address
Land Off Newmarket Road Great Saxham Suffolk
Local Authority
West Suffolk
Application Type
Full Planning Application
Scale / Size
Large
Decision Status
Rejected
Current Status
Decided
Ward
Barrow
Parish
The Saxhams

Applicant & Agent

Agent
Rapleys LLP
Agent Address
126 Colmore Row Birmingham B3 3AP

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
25 April 2023
Consultation Expiry
20 September 2024
Target Decision Date
25 July 2023
Date Decided
23 September 2024
Date Validated
25 April 2023
Date Submitted
25 April 2023
Consultation Start
7 August 2024
Consultation End
21 August 2024
Neighbour Consultation End
28 March 2024
Committee Meeting
4 September 2024

Planning Decision

Decision
Refuse application
Decided By
Committee
Statutory Period
91 days

Publicity

Last Advertised
16 August 2024
Advertisement Expiry
7 September 2024
Site Notice Start
30 August 2024
Site Notice End
20 September 2024

Appeal

Appeal Reference
AP/25/0014/STAND
Appeal Status
Appeal decided
Appeal Result
Appeal Allowed

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12109053
Documents
324
Constraints
18
Coordinates
52.259330, 0.627798
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Appeal History

3361490
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: HearingDecision: 25 September 2025Dev Type: Major general industry/storage/warehousingReason: Refusal

Source: West Suffolk

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Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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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 2026-10-09. 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.

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