Planning application
Former Picnic Site Lower Crescent Barham Suffolk
Works: Extension
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Application under S73 for Removal or Variation of a Condition following grant of Planning Permission DC/24/05455 dated 16.01.2025 Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) - Change of use from information/Visitors centre to cafe and extension of building. Erection of play area.- To vary condition 3 (Operating Hours) - to allow opening hours to be extended to 6am to 6pm
As published by the council, reference DC/26/02136
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/02136
- Type
- Full App Without Compliance of Condition
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 19 May 2026
- Validated
- 20 May 2026
- Decided
- 8 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Claydon & Barham
- Parish
- Claydon
Site history
Applications at this address on the Babergh register
This site has had 3 applications since 2026: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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DC/26/03763 Awaiting decision
Former Picnic Site Lower Crescent Barham Suffolk
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/24/05455 - Condition 17 (Biodiversity enhancement measures)
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DC/26/02093 Granted
Former Picnic Site Lower Crescent Barham Suffolk
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/24/05455 - Conditions 7 (Landscaping), 11 (Cycle Storage) and 17 (Biodiversity Enhancements)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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19 May 2026
Received by Babergh
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20 May 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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24 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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8 Sep 2026
Decision issued: Granted
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17 Sep 2026
Status changed to Awaiting decision
Previously Granted.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
6 documents on file for this application
- OFFICER DELEGATED REPORT
- VARIATION/REMOVAL OF CONDITION - GRANT
- BARHAM PARISH CLERK RESPONSE
- SCC HIGHWAYS RESPONSE
- ENV. RESPONSE - NOISE/ODOUR/LIGHT/SMOKE
- PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY RESPONSE
- COPY OF DC/24/05455 FULL PLANNING - GRANT
- APPLICATION FORM
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Babergh granted permission on 8 September 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 condition discharge and variation applications
This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.
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