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Land South Of Knox Lane Bardwell Suffolk

Awaiting decision West Suffolk DC/25/0980/FUL Full Planning Application

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

Planning application - installation and operation of a 42MW ground mounted Solar Farm with substation, CCTV, boundary fence, equipment, landscaping and necessary grid connection infrastructure

As published by the council, reference DC/25/0980/FUL

Application record

Reference
DC/25/0980/FUL
Type
Full Planning Application
Status
Pending Decision
Received
16 Jun 2025
Validated
25 Jun 2025
Ward
Bardwell
Parish
Bardwell

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 16 Jun 2025

    Received by West Suffolk

  2. 25 Jun 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 24 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 20 August 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    West Suffolk took a median of 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Documents

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

138 documents on file for this application

A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.

Trade members open them from here.

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with West Suffolk for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year West Suffolk decided full applications in a median of 83 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About full applications

A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go, with siting, design, access and landscaping all fixed at this stage. More in our guide to planning application types.

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