Land Off Pages Hill Road Whepstead Suffolk
Approved on 15 January 2026
Council decision: Approve applicationDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Planning application - continued use of agricultural land as dog walking field (sui generis)
- Received
- 24 October 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- West Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Whepstead And Wickhambrook
- Agent
- SC Planning
- ReceivedReceived24 Oct
- ValidatedValidated5 Nov
- Consult.Consultation27 Nov
- TargetTarget Date3 Jan
- DecidedDecided15 Jan
Decided in 71 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Land Off Pages Hill Road Whepstead Suffolk. West Suffolk has handled 2,535 applications of this type. This one was decided in 83 days, 4 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 39 applications across Whepstead And Wickhambrook.
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
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Whepstead
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 5 November 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 4 December 2025
- Consultation start
- 6 November 2025
- Consultation end
- 27 November 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 1 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 3 January 2026
- Committee meeting
- 13 January 2026
- Permission expires
- 15 January 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- SC Planning
- Agent address
- SC Planning 2 Washere Close Berwick Polegate East Sussex BN26 6TB
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 59 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 13 November 2025
- Site notice end
- 4 December 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14359637
- Documents
- 34
- Constraints
- 12
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 3: High 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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