Rougham Estate Office Ipswich Road Rougham Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9LZ
Approved on 30 May 2025
Council decision: Approve applicationDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Planning application - installation of ground-mounted solar PV array comprising 42 panels in two mounting racks
- Received
- 16 August 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- West Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Rougham
- Agent
- Evolution Town Planning Ltd
- ReceivedReceived16 Aug
- ValidatedValidated16 Aug
- Consult.Consultation29 May
- TargetTarget Date12 Oct
- DecidedDecided30 May
Decided in 287 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Rougham Estate Office Ipswich Road Rougham Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9LZ. West Suffolk has handled 2,535 applications of this type. This one was decided in 287 days, 33 weeks longer than West Suffolk's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 32 applications across Rougham. We hold 1,122 applications in total for the IP30 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
- IP30 9LZ
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Rushbrooke With Rougham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 August 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 29 May 2025
- Consultation start
- 15 May 2025
- Consultation end
- 29 May 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 5 December 2024
- Target decision date
- 12 October 2024
- Permission expires
- 30 May 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Evolution Town Planning Ltd
- Agent address
- Opus House Elm Farm Park Thurston Bury St Edmunds IP31 3SH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 57 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 22 November 2024
- Advertisement expiry
- 13 December 2024
- Site notice start
- 15 November 2024
- Site notice end
- 6 December 2024
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13186535
- Documents
- 55
- Constraints
- 11
Site constraints
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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Consultants on this application
- Evolution Town Planning Limited · Agent for this application
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