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Rook Tree Farm Withersfield Road Great Wratting Suffolk CB9 7HD

DC/25/1832/P3RPAPrior Approval Agricul. to flex. commercApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 23 January 2026

Council decision: Approve applicationDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Prior approval application under Part 3 (Class R) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 - change of use of agricultural building to flexible commercial use (Class E)

Received
17 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Withersfield
Agent
Acorus Rural Property Services
  1. Received17 Nov
  2. Validated17 Nov
  3. Consult.18 Dec
  4. Target12 Jan
  5. Decided23 Jan

Decided in 67 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Rook Tree Farm Withersfield Road Great Wratting Suffolk CB9 7HD. West Suffolk has handled 399 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 11 days longer than West Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Great Wratting conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Withersfield. We hold 370 applications in total for the CB9 postcode area.

82% of outline 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
CB9 7HD
Application type
Prior Approval Agricul. to flex. commerc
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Great Wratting

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 November 2025
Consultation expiry
27 December 2025
Consultation start
27 November 2025
Consultation end
18 December 2025
Target decision date
12 January 2026
Permission expires
23 January 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent
Acorus Rural Property Services
Architect profile
ACORUS RURAL PROPERTY SERVICES LIMITED
Agent address
Old Market Office 10 Risbygate Street Bury St Edmunds IP33 3AA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
4 December 2025
Site notice end
27 December 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14491301
Documents
8
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.

  • Conservation area: Great Wratting
  • 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 (21)

flood storage 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    23 Mar

    Application to discharge conditions 1 (Parking) and 2 (Bin Storage) of application DC/25/1832/P3RPA

    PendingDischarge of conditionsDCON(A)/25/1832
  2. 2025
    17 Nov

    Prior approval application under Part 3 (Class R) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted…

    This applicationApprovedOutlineDC/25/1832/P3RPA

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