Planning application
The Siding Oak Farm Lane Mendlesham IP14 5TE IP14 5TE
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Full Planning Application - Change of use of building to Storage and Distribution (Use Class B8) and retention of existing hardstanding and access
As published by the council, reference DC/26/02391
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/02391
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 4 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 12 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Mendlesham
- Parish
- Mendlesham
- Postcode
- IP14 5TE
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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4 Jun 2026
Received by Babergh
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12 Jun 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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24 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 7 August 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
Arcadia Planning & Development Agent, a planning consultancy
7 applications on PlanIndex · across 3 councils
Trade members see everything this firm has filed, how it was decided, and get an email the day it files again.
See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
16 documents on file for this application
- OBJECTION COMMENT
- OBJECTION COMMENT
- OBJECTION COMMENT
- ECOLOGY RESPONSE
- SCC HIGHWAYS RESPONSE
- MENDLESHAM PARISH CLERK RESPONSE
- SCC FLOODS RESPONSE
- ENV RESPONSE NOISE ODOUR LIGHT AND SMOKE
- FIRE AND RESCUE RESPONSE
- PLANNING STATEMENT
- ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE
- APPLICATION FORM
- SITE LOCATION PLAN, EXISTING SITE PLAN
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- EXISTING/PROPOSED PLANS AND ELEVATIONS
- FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat 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 74 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About full applications
A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go, with siting, design, access and landscaping all fixed at this stage. More in our guide to planning application types.
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