Planning application
Land Adjacent To Mark Wood Farm Off Stoke Road Polstead
Works: Extension
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
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. Erection of steel portal framed building, with a cement fibre roof clad in weatherboard.
As published by the council, reference DC/26/00181
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/00181
- Type
- Agricultural Determination
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Formal Approval NOT Reqd
- Received
- 19 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 19 Jan 2026
- Decided
- 6 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Brett Vale
- Parish
- Polstead
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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19 Jan 2026
Received by Babergh
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6 Feb 2026
Decision issued: Formal Approval NOT Reqd
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9 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
7 documents on file for this application
- POLSTEAD PARISH COUNCIL RESPONSE
- AGRICULTURAL - 1ST STAGE - NOT REQ
- OFFICER DELEGATED REPORT
- APPLICATION FORM
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- FLOORPLAN/ELEVATIONS 2
- SITE LOCATION PLAN 1
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Babergh granted permission on 6 February 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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This application sits outside the common categories, and the council record linked on this page sets out the specific procedure that applies. More in our guide to planning application types.
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