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Pippin Park The Street Lidgate Suffolk CB8 9PP

DC/23/1545/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 9 February 2024

Council decision: Approve applicationDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Planning application - a. replacement grain store and associated hardstanding (following demolition of existing grain store and silos) b. roof mounted solar array c. new access and associated works

Received
19 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chedburgh And Chevington
  1. Received19 Sep
  2. Validated4 Oct
  3. Consult.29 Jan
  4. Target29 Nov
  5. Decided9 Feb

Decided in 128 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Pippin Park The Street Lidgate Suffolk CB8 9PP. West Suffolk has handled 2,535 applications of this type. This one was decided in 143 days, 12 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 Chedburgh And Chevington. We hold 1,572 applications in total for the CB8 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
CB8 9PP
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lidgate

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 October 2023
Consultation expiry
29 January 2024
Consultation start
8 January 2024
Consultation end
29 January 2024
Target decision date
29 November 2023
Permission expires
9 February 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Bidwells
Agent address
Bidwells Bidwell House Trumpington Road Cambridge CB2 9LD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
13 October 2023
Advertisement expiry
3 November 2023
Site notice start
8 November 2023
Site notice end
29 November 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12455987
Documents
33
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.

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: West Suffolk

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