Planning application
Little Ropers Farm Assington Road Bures St Mary Bures Suffolk CO8 5JX
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 - Install a rainwater collection/storage tank to existing agricultural storage building to collect the rainwater harvested from the building
As published by the council, reference DC/26/01481
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/01481
- Type
- Agricultural Determination
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Formal Approval NOT Reqd
- Received
- 8 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 8 Apr 2026
- Decided
- 5 May 2026
- Ward
- Bures St Mary & Nayland
- Parish
- Bures St Mary
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- CO8 5JX
Site history
Applications at this address on the Mid Suffolk register
This site has had 2 applications since 2017: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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DC/17/05597 Granted
Little Ropers Farm Assington Road Bures St Mary Bures Suffolk CO8 5JX
Discharge of conditions application for DC/17/04046 - Condition 3 (Stock List)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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8 Apr 2026
Received by Mid Suffolk
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5 May 2026
Decision issued: Formal Approval NOT Reqd
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24 Jul 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
6 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Mid Suffolk granted permission on 5 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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Little Ropers Farm Assington Road Bures St Mary Bures Suffolk CO8 5JX
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 - Install a rainwater collection/storage tank to existing agricultural storage building to collect the rainwater harvested from the building
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