Planning application
Land At Valley Road Little Blakenham Suffolk IP8 4LP
Works: Extension
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Application to determine if Prior Approval is required for a Proposed: Erection, Extension or Alteration of a building for Agricultural or Forestry Use. Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 as amended Schedule 2, Part 6, Class A - Construction of a below ground irrigation reservoir lined with engineered clay from the site.
As published by the council, reference DC/25/04934
Application record
- Reference
- DC/25/04934
- Type
- Agricultural Determination
- Status
- Refused
- Decision
- Refused
- Received
- 7 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 7 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 5 Dec 2025
- Ward
- Blakenham
- Parish
- Little Blakenham
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- IP8 4LP
Site history
Applications at this address on the Babergh register
This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 1 refused.
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DC/26/02769 Granted
Land At Valley Road Little Blakenham Suffolk IP8 4LP
Application for Prior Approval for Construction of a below ground irrigation reservoir lined with engineered clay from the site (Stage 2 of Agricultural Determination DC/26/01277 under Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) Schedule 2, Part 6, Class A)
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DC/26/01277 Granted
Land At Valley Road Little Blakenham Suffolk IP8 4LP
Application to determine if Prior Approval is required for a Proposed: Erection, Extension or Alteration of a building for Agricultural or Forestry Use. Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 as amended Schedule 2, Part 6, Class A - Construction of a below ground irrigation reservoir lined with engineered clay from the site.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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7 Nov 2025
Received by Babergh
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5 Dec 2025
Decision issued: Refused
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9 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
15 documents on file for this application
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Land At Valley Road Little Blakenham Suffolk IP8 4LP
Application to determine if Prior Approval is required for a Proposed: Erection, Extension or Alteration of a building for Agricultural or Forestry Use. Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 as amended Schedule 2, Part 6, Class A - Construction of a below ground irrigation reservoir lined with engineered clay from the site.
Granted Other Extension 21 docs -
Land At Valley Road Little Blakenham Suffolk IP8 4LP
Application for Prior Approval for Construction of a below ground irrigation reservoir lined with engineered clay from the site (Stage 2 of Agricultural Determination DC/26/01277 under Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) Schedule 2, Part 6, Class A)
Granted Other 4 docs -
Land At Valley Road Little Blakenham Suffolk IP8 4LP
Application to determine if Prior Approval is required for a Proposed: Erection, Extension or Alteration of a building for Agricultural or Forestry Use. Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 as amended Schedule 2, Part 6, Class A - Construction of a below ground irrigation reservoir lined with engineered clay from the site.
Granted Other Extension 21 docs -
Land At Valley Road Little Blakenham Suffolk IP8 4LP
Application to determine if Prior Approval is required for a Proposed: Erection, Extension or Alteration of a building for Agricultural or Forestry Use. Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 as amended Schedule 2, Part 6, Class A - Construction of a below ground irrigation reservoir lined with engineered clay from the site.
Refused Other Extension 15 docs -
Land At Valley Road Little Blakenham Suffolk IP8 4LP
Application for Prior Approval for Construction of a below ground irrigation reservoir lined with engineered clay from the site (Stage 2 of Agricultural Determination DC/26/01277 under Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) Schedule 2, Part 6, Class A)
Granted Other 4 docs -
Inghams Farm Nettlestead Road Little Blakenham IP8 4LR
Application to determine if Prior Approval is required for a Proposed: Erection, Extension or Alteration of a building for Agricultural or Forestry Use. Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 as amended Schedule 2, Part 6. Erection of an agricultural pump house, used to house irrigation pumping equipment, pipework, electrical controls and associated infrastructure serving agricultural irrigation activities on the farm.
Granted Other Extension 15 docs
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