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Richmond House Sproughton Road Sproughton Ipswich Suffolk IP1 5AN

Awaiting decision Babergh DC/26/00055 Full Planning Application

Works: Demolition

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Proposal

Full Planning Application - Demolition of existing Offices and industrial units and construction of 8no. light industrial starter units with car, motorbike and bicycle parking together with new and existing landscaping.

As published by the council, reference DC/26/00055

Application record

Reference
DC/26/00055
Type
Full Planning Application
Status
Awaiting decision
Received
7 Jan 2026
Validated
12 Jan 2026
Ward
Sproughton & Pinewood
Parish
Sproughton
Postcode
IP1 5AN

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 7 Jan 2026

    Received by Babergh

  2. 12 Jan 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 24 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 9 March 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Babergh took a median of 50 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

a.i.architecture Agent, an architecture practice

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Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

51 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Babergh for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Babergh decided full applications in a median of 75 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About full applications

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