Apple Tree Farm Low Green Nowton Suffolk IP29 5ND
Approved on 11 December 2025
Council decision: Approve applicationDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Planning application - change of use of agricultural/equine land to dog exercise field and associated enclosed parking area
- Received
- 6 October 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- West Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Horringer
- Agent
- Acorus Rural Property Services
- ReceivedReceived6 Oct
- ValidatedValidated10 Oct
- Consult.Consultation25 Nov
- TargetTarget Date5 Dec
- DecidedDecided11 Dec
Decided in 62 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Apple Tree Farm Low Green Nowton Suffolk IP29 5ND. West Suffolk has handled 2,535 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 10 days longer than West Suffolk's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 52 applications across Horringer. We hold 1,033 applications in total for the IP29 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
- IP29 5ND
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Nowton
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 10 October 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 25 November 2025
- Consultation start
- 4 November 2025
- Consultation end
- 25 November 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 8 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 5 December 2025
- Permission expires
- 11 December 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Acorus Rural Property Services
- Architect profile
- ACORUS RURAL PROPERTY SERVICES LIMITED
- Agent address
- Acorus Rural Property Services Old Market Office 10 Risbygate Street Bury St Edmunds IP33 3AA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 22 October 2025
- Site notice end
- 12 November 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14382688
- Documents
- 20
- Constraints
- 10
Site 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.
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Source: West Suffolk
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- Acorus Rural Property Services Limited · Agent for this application
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