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Hectors Farm Elm Green Lane Bradfield St Clare Suffolk IP30 0BH

DC/26/0357/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 14 May 2026

Council decision: Approve application13 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Planning application - change of use from agricultural building to one self-build dwelling

Received
4 March 2026
Ward
Rougham
  1. Received4 Mar
  2. Validated16 Mar
  3. Consult.8 Apr
  4. Target14 May
  5. Decided14 May

Decided in 59 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Hectors Farm Elm Green Lane Bradfield St Clare Suffolk IP30 0BH. West Suffolk has handled 2,535 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 2 weeks longer than West Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 0BH
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bradfield St. Clare

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 March 2026
Consultation expiry
13 April 2026
Consultation start
16 March 2026
Consultation end
8 April 2026
Neighbour consultation end
13 April 2026
Target decision date
14 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
C B Mckenna
Agent address
Lawn Farm Upper Tye Gt Cornard Sudbury CO10 0QA

Planning decision

Case officer
Gregory McGarr
Statutory period
59 days

Publicity

Last advertised
20 March 2026
Advertisement expiry
12 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14748908
Documents
12
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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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