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Old Buckenham Hall School Brettenham Park Brettenham Ipswich Suffolk IP7 7PH

Granted Mid Suffolk DC/26/00995 Full Planning Application

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Full Planning Application - Erection of swimming pool enclosure.

As published by the council, reference DC/26/00995

Application record

Reference
DC/26/00995
Type
Full Planning Application
Status
Granted
Decision
Granted
Received
9 Mar 2026
Validated
10 Mar 2026
Decided
26 May 2026
Ward
North Cosford
Parish
Brettenham
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
IP7 7PH

Site history

Applications at this address on the Mid Suffolk register

This site has had 3 applications since 2022: 3 approved, 0 refused.

  • DC/26/02788 Granted

    Old Buckenham Hall School Brettenham Park Brettenham Ipswich Suffolk IP7 7PH

    Application for Listed Building Consent - Remediation works to brick walls around the courtyard garden within the curtilage of Old Buckenham Hall

    Decided 14 Aug 2026 Heritage and listed buildings
  • DC/22/04826 Granted

    Old Buckenham Hall School Brettenham Park Brettenham Ipswich Suffolk IP7 7PH

    Application for Works to Trees subject to Tree Preservation Order WS315- Remove cross branch of 1No. Horse Chestnut (T1), Reduce lateral branch of 1No. Walnut (T2) by 2m and remove deadwood, Prune die back of 2No. Lime to live growth (T3 and T4), Reduce Crown of 2No. Horse Chestnut (T5 and T6) by crown 7m and spread by 3m, Remove climbing equipment from stem of 1No. Horse Chestnut, Reduce crown of 2No. Horse Chestnut (T7 and T8) by 2.5/3m, Fell 1No. Horse Chestnut (T9), Remove lowest primary lateral and deadwood of 1No. Oak (T10), Clean tear to lateral of 1No. Oak (T11), Reduce lateral branch of 1No. Oak (T12) and remove deadwood, Fell 1No. Oak (T13), Reduce lowest lateral of 1No. Oak (T14) by 3m, Reduce crown of 1No. Oak (T15) by 3-4m, Remove decayed lateral of 1No. Oak (T16), Reduce crown of 1No. Oak (T17) by 3m, Reduce crown of 1No. Oak (T18) to previous reduction points, Fell 1No. Ash (T19), Fell 1No. Elm (T20), Pollard 1No. Ash (T21) to 6m, Reduce Crown of 1No. Oak (T22) by 2m, Fell 1No. Elm (T23). Remove deadwood from 1No. group of Oak and Sycamore (G1), Remove deadwood of 1No. Field Maple (T24). Remove deadwood of 1No. group of Oak, Beech and Sycamore (G2). Pollard 1No. Oak (T25), Remove hung up lateral from 1No. Oak (T26), Remove hazard beam from 1No. Ash (T27). Tip prune crown of 1No. Cedar (T28) by reducing lateral spread by approx. 2-3m on lower laterals and 1-1.5m on higher laterals. Reduce crown of 1No. Holm Oak (T29) by 3m. Fell 1No. Sycamore (T30), Reduce crown of 1No, Holm Oak (T31) and Pollard 1No. Weeping Ash to 6/7m.

    Decided 28 Oct 2022 Trees

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 9 Mar 2026

    Received by Mid Suffolk

  2. 10 Mar 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 26 May 2026

    Decision issued: Granted

  4. 24 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

  • Buildingcontrol: BC/26/13048/FP (Pending Consideration)

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Roger Balmer Design Agent, a design practice

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Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

18 documents on file for this application

  • FULL PLANNING - GRANT Decision · 26 May 2026
  • OFFICER DELEGATED REPORT Officer Delegated Report · 26 May 2026
  • PS ECOLOGY RESPONSE Consultee Comment · 18 May 2026
  • ECOLOGY NOTE Report · 28 Apr 2026
  • BRETTENHAM PARISH COUNCIL RESPONSE Consultee Comment · 10 Apr 2026
  • ECOLOGY COMMENTS Consultee Comment · 10 Apr 2026
  • HISTORIC ENGLAND RESPONSE Consultee Comment · 08 Apr 2026
  • HERITAGE RESPONSE Consultee Comment · 08 Apr 2026
  • ARCHAEOLOGICAL OFFICER RESPONSE Consultee Comment · 25 Mar 2026
  • ENV RESPONSE NOISE ODOUR LIGHT AND SMOKE Consultee Comment · 19 Mar 2026
  • CONSTRAINTS BackGround Papers · 18 Mar 2026
  • APPLICATION FORM Application Form · 09 Mar 2026
  • BLOCK LOCATION PLAN 0926-01 Drawing · 09 Mar 2026
  • PLANS AND ELEVATIONS AS EXISTING 0926-02 Drawing · 09 Mar 2026
  • HERITAGE PLANNING DAS POOL 06.03.2026 Report · 09 Mar 2026
  • PLANS AND ELEVATIONS AS PROPOSED 0926-03 Drawing · 09 Mar 2026
  • BNG METRIC Report · 09 Mar 2026
  • ECOLOGY NOTE Report · 09 Mar 2026

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What this grant of permission means

Mid Suffolk granted permission on 26 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.

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