Planning application
Former Picnic Site Lower Crescent Barham Suffolk
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/24/05455 - Condition 17 (Biodiversity enhancement measures)
As published by the council, reference DC/26/03763
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/03763
- Type
- Discharge of Condition(s)
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 31 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 2 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Claydon & Barham
- Parish
- Barham
Comment by 23 September 2026
The council is taking comments on this application until then. Have your say on Mid Suffolk's portal.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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31 Aug 2026
Received by Mid Suffolk
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2 Sep 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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7 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 28 October 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Mid Suffolk took a median of 48 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Agent on file, a design practice registered in Ipswich
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
4 documents on file for this application
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The process from here
This application is with Mid Suffolk for determination. The council publicises it, consults neighbours and technical bodies where required, and weighs the responses against local and national planning policy.
The statutory target is eight weeks for most applications and thirteen for major development, though extensions of time are common. Comments carry most weight while the case is undecided, so check the council portal for the deadline if you want to respond.
About conditions applications
How this application type works
This type of application deals with conditions attached to an existing permission, either by supplying the details a condition requires, called discharging it, or by asking to vary or remove one. It does not reopen the principle of the permission itself. Building often cannot lawfully start, or continue past a set stage, until the named conditions are discharged.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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Former Picnic Site Lower Crescent Barham Suffolk
95% historically approved · decision due ~15 Jul
Application under S73 for Removal or Variation of a Condition following grant of Planning Permission DC/24/05455 dated 16.01.2025 Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) - Change of use from information/Visitors centre to cafe and extension of building. Erection of play area.- To vary condition 3 (Operating Hours) - to allow opening hours to be extended to 6am to 6pm
Awaiting decision Conditions Extension 6 docs -
Former Picnic Site Lower Crescent Barham Suffolk
95% historically approved · decision due ~13 Jul
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/24/05455 - Conditions 7 (Landscaping), 11 (Cycle Storage) and 17 (Biodiversity Enhancements)
Awaiting decision Conditions 6 docs -
Former Picnic Site Lower Crescent Barham Suffolk
95% historically approved · decision due ~13 Jul
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/24/05455 - Conditions 7 (Landscaping), 11 (Cycle Storage) and 17 (Biodiversity Enhancements)
Awaiting decision Conditions 6 docs -
Former Picnic Site Lower Crescent Barham Suffolk
95% historically approved · decision due ~28 Oct
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/24/05455 - Condition 17 (Biodiversity enhancement measures)
Awaiting decision Conditions 4 docs -
Former Picnic Site Lower Crescent Barham Suffolk
95% historically approved · decision due ~15 Jul
Application under S73 for Removal or Variation of a Condition following grant of Planning Permission DC/24/05455 dated 16.01.2025 Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) - Change of use from information/Visitors centre to cafe and extension of building. Erection of play area.- To vary condition 3 (Operating Hours) - to allow opening hours to be extended to 6am to 6pm
Awaiting decision Conditions Extension 6 docs -
Land Adjacent Pesthouse Lane Barham Suffolk
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/25/01795 - Conditions 5 (Surface Water Disposal Strategy), 7 (Construction Surface Water Management Plan), 9 (Fuel and Oil Protocol), 14 (Biodiversity Enhancement Strategy), 15 (Construction Environmental Management Plan) and 17 (Access Improvements)
Split decision Conditions 22 docs
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DC/26/03850 Awaiting decision
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DC/26/03834 Awaiting decision
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DC/26/03842 Awaiting decision
The National Grid (Bramford To Twinstead Reinforcement) Order 2024
Submission of Details reserved by Requirement 4(a) - Construction Environmental Management Plan for Stages 6-8 of the authorised development pursuant to the The National Grid (Bramford to Twinstead Reinforcement) Order 2024
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DC/26/03798 Awaiting decision
Land To The East Of Ely Road Barham Suffolk
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/22/06117 - Discharge of Conditions 5 (Advance Planting), 6 (Landscape Management), 7 (Hard and Soft Landscaping), 9 (Open Space and Play Space), 19 (Fire Hydrants), 28 (Ecology Mitigation and Enhancement Measures), 30 (Landscape and Ecological Management Plan), 31 (Lighting Design Scheme for Biodiversity) and 32 (SPA and Ramsar Site)
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DC/26/03802 Awaiting decision
The National Grid (Bramford To Twinstead Reinforcement) Order 2024
Submission of Details reserved by Requirement 6 - Detailed Written Scheme of Investigation (DWSI) for Stage 3 - pursuant to The National Grid (Bramford To Twinstead Reinforcement) Order 2024 to approve area(s) - where no further archaeological investigation is required at land in the vicinity of Trenches 359-366 - as marked on the attached plans.