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
- 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 Mid Suffolk
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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
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Mid Suffolk 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.
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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