Planning application
Land At Valley Road Little Blakenham Suffolk IP8 4LP
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, Class A - Construction of a below ground irrigation reservoir lined with engineered clay from the site.
As published by the council, reference DC/26/01277
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/01277
- Type
- Agricultural Determination
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Formal Approval of Details IS required
- Received
- 24 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 24 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 8 May 2026
- 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/25/04934 Refused
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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24 Mar 2026
Received by Babergh
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8 May 2026
Decision issued: Formal Approval of Details IS required
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9 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
1 later application on the register refers to this one:
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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)
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Hawes Associates Agent, registered in High Wycombe
Dissolved · incorporated 2003 · High Wycombe
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
21 documents on file for this application
- SURVEY REPORT AND PRECAUTIONARY METHOD STATEMENT
- OFFICER DELEGATED REPORT
- ARCHAEOLOGY COMMENTS
- ECOLOGY EMAIL RESPONSE
- ECOLOGY RESPONSE
- ECOLOGY RESPONSE
- WATER VOLE SURVEY REPORT 2025
- ECOLOGY RESPONSE
- LITTLE BLAKENHAM RESPONSE
- MINERALS AND WASTE RESPONSE
- APPLICATION FORM
- INGHAMS FARM WATER VOLE REPORT
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- ARCHAEOLOGY SUMMARY.
- FLOOD RISK AND CONSTRUCTION REPORT PROPOSED IRRIGATION RESERVOIR AT INGHAMS FARM
- GREAT CRESTED NEWTS - DLL-ENQ-NOSU-00396 - LITTLE BLAKENHAM - COUNTERSIGNED IACP
- LITTLE BLAKENHAM REPTILE REPORT 2025
- LOCATION PLAN -A4-10000-INGHAMS FARM RESERVOIR.
- LT BLAKENHAM RECLAIM THE RAIN PEA REPORT
- PLAN DETAIL OF FILLING AND EMPTYING WORKS.
- WATER ABSTRACTION LICENCE.
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Babergh granted permission on 8 May 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.
About less common application types
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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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.
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 -
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 -
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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