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Land East Of Fred Castle Way And Land South Of Rougham Tower Avenue Rougham

DC/26/0147/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 4 March 2026

Council decision: Approve applicationPlanning committee6 conditions

Proposal

Planning application - engineering works to increase ground level

Received
30 January 2026
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Rougham
Agent
Pentaco Construction
  1. Received30 Jan
  2. Validated30 Jan
  3. Consult.24 Feb
  4. Target1 May
  5. Decided4 Mar

Decided in 33 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land East Of Fred Castle Way And Land South Of Rougham Tower Avenue Rougham. West Suffolk has handled 2,535 applications of this type. This one was decided in 33 days, 3 weeks quicker 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 Rougham.

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
Medium
Parish
Rushbrooke With Rougham

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 January 2026
Consultation expiry
28 February 2026
Consultation start
3 February 2026
Consultation end
24 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
28 February 2026
Target decision date
1 May 2026
Committee meeting
4 March 2026
Permission expires
4 March 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Pentaco Construction
Agent address
Suites 5 & 6, Joseph King House, Southwell Road, Horsham St Faith Norwich NR10 3JU United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
6 February 2026
Advertisement expiry
27 February 2026
Site notice start
5 February 2026
Site notice end
26 February 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14665435
Documents
17
Constraints
9

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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