Planning application
Land At Valley Road Little Blakenham Suffolk IP8 4LP
Relates to DC/26/01277
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Application for Prior Approval for Construction of a below ground irrigation reservoir lined with engineered clay from the site (Stage 2 of Agricultural Determination DC/26/01277 under Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) Schedule 2, Part 6, Class A)
As published by the council, reference DC/26/02769
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/02769
- Type
- Agricultural Determination - 2nd Stage
- Status
- Granted
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 29 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 2 Jul 2026
- Decided
- 27 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Blakenham
- Parish
- Little Blakenham
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- IP8 4LP
Site history
Applications at this address on the Mid Suffolk register
This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 1 refused.
-
DC/26/01277 Granted
Land At Valley Road Little Blakenham Suffolk IP8 4LP
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 - Construction of a below ground irrigation reservoir lined with engineered clay from the site.
-
DC/25/04934 Refused
Land At Valley Road Little Blakenham Suffolk IP8 4LP
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 - Construction of a below ground irrigation reservoir lined with engineered clay from the site.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
-
29 Jun 2026
Received by Mid Suffolk
-
2 Jul 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
-
24 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
-
27 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Granted
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
-
DC/26/01277 Granted
Land At Valley Road Little Blakenham Suffolk IP8 4LP
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 - Construction of a below ground irrigation reservoir lined with engineered clay from the site.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Hawes Associates Agent, registered in High Wycombe
Dissolved · incorporated 2003 · High Wycombe
25 applications on PlanIndex · across 11 councils · 100% granted
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
4 documents on file for this application
- AGRICULTURAL - 2ND STAGE - APPROVE
- OFFICER DELEGATED REPORT
- ECOLOGY RESPONSE
- MAMMAL SURVEY REPORT
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Mid Suffolk granted permission on 27 July 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.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
-
Land At Valley Road Little Blakenham Suffolk IP8 4LP
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 - Construction of a below ground irrigation reservoir lined with engineered clay from the site.
Granted Other Extension 20 docs -
Land At Valley Road Little Blakenham Suffolk IP8 4LP
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 - Construction of a below ground irrigation reservoir lined with engineered clay from the site.
Granted Other Extension 20 docs -
Land At Valley Road Little Blakenham Suffolk IP8 4LP
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 - Construction of a below ground irrigation reservoir lined with engineered clay from the site.
Refused Other Extension 15 docs -
Land At Valley Road Little Blakenham Suffolk IP8 4LP
Application for Prior Approval for Construction of a below ground irrigation reservoir lined with engineered clay from the site (Stage 2 of Agricultural Determination DC/26/01277 under Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) Schedule 2, Part 6, Class A)
Granted Other 4 docs -
Land At Valley Road Little Blakenham Suffolk IP8 4LP
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 - Construction of a below ground irrigation reservoir lined with engineered clay from the site.
Refused Other Extension 15 docs -
Inghams Farm Nettlestead Road Little Blakenham IP8 4LR
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 an agricultural pump house, used to house irrigation pumping equipment, pipework, electrical controls and associated infrastructure serving agricultural irrigation activities on the farm.
Granted Other Extension 15 docs
Other less common application types
In Mid Suffolk
-
DC/26/03508 Granted
Land Adj To/North Of The Barn Hill Farm Burstall Ipswich IP8 3EB
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 a steel framed portal framed building
-
DC/26/03392 Granted
Scoggings Farm Dennington Road Laxfield Woodbridge Suffolk IP13 8HJ
Application to determine if Prior Approval is required for a Proposed: Formation, Alteration or Maintenance of Private Ways for Agricultural or Forestry Use. Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 as amended Schedule 2, Part 6, Class A - Construction of new farm track
-
DC/26/03742 Awaiting decision
Brundish Lodge Dennington Road Brundish IP13 8BU
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 Agricultural Livestock Building.
-
DC/26/03594 Awaiting decision
Farmyard Adjacent To Grove Cottage Middleton Road Sudbury Suffolk CO10 7LJ
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 open fronted shed to store agricultural machinery
-
DC/26/03488 Awaiting decision
Church Farm Little Green Thrandeston Diss Suffolk IP21 4BX
Application for prior approval for a proposed: Formation, Alteration or Maintenance of Private Ways for Agricultural or Forestry use - The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 6 - Resurfacing of the existing tracks with hardcore (Stage 2 of Agricultural Determination DC/26/02680)