Planning application
The Limes Bardwell Road Sapiston Suffolk IP31 1RU
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Planning application - a. installation of a ground mounted solar PV array b. associated cabling and battery storage c. two pedestal EV charging points
As published by the council, reference DC/25/1945/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- DC/25/1945/FUL
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approve application
- Received
- 8 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 2 Apr 2026
- Decided
- 29 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Bardwell
- Parish
- Honington Cum Sapiston
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- IP31 1RU
Site history
Applications at this address on the West Suffolk register
This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 3 approved, 0 refused.
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DCON(A)/25/1945 Granted
The Limes Bardwell Road Sapiston Suffolk IP31 1RU
Application to discharge condition 5 (Landscape and Ecological Management Plan) of application DC/25/1945/FUL
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DC/25/1946/LB Granted
The Limes Bardwell Road Sapiston Suffolk IP31 1RU
Application for listed building consent - two pedestal EV charging points and associated cabling
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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8 Dec 2025
Received by West Suffolk
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2 Apr 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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24 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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29 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Approve application
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31 Jul 2026
Status changed to Pending Decision
Previously Pending Consideration.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
2 later applications on the register refer to this one:
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DCON(BGP)/25/1945 Granted
The Limes Bardwell Road Sapiston Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 1RU
Application to discharge statutory biodiversity gain plan condition in relation to DC/25/1945/FUL
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DCON(A)/25/1945 Granted
The Limes Bardwell Road Sapiston Suffolk IP31 1RU
Application to discharge condition 5 (Landscape and Ecological Management Plan) of application DC/25/1945/FUL
- Application: DC/25/1946/LB (Decided)
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
44 documents on file for this application
- DECISION - GRANT FULL
- DELEGATED REPORT
- ECOLOGIST - FURTHER COMMENTS
- AMENDED PEA AND PRA
- AMENDED BNG REPORT
- AMENDED BNG METRIC
- AMENDED BNG METRIC (ENHANCEMENTS)
- AMENDED LOCATION PLAN
- ECOLOGIST - COMMENTS
- WATER OFFICER - COMMENTS
- CONSERVATION OFFICER - COMMENTS
- *SUPERSEDED* LOCATION AND BLOCK PLANS
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS - SOLAR PANEL ARRAY
- BLOCK PLAN
- *SUPERSEDED* LOCATION PLAN
- TECHNICAL INFORMATION - PV ARRAY
- TECHNICAL INFORMATION - CABLING DETAILS
- TECHNICAL INFORMATION - CHARGERS
- TECHNICAL INFORMATION - UNDERGROUND DUCTING
- TECHNICAL INFORMATION - GROUND MOUNT SYSTEM
- TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - CABLING
- TECHNICAL INFORMATION - CABLING
- SOLAR PANEL ARRAY FRAMEWORK
- TECHNICAL INFORMATION
- TECHNICAL INFORMATION
- TECHNICAL INFORMATION
- *SUPERSEDED* BNG METRIC
- APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA
- *SUPERSEDED* BNG ASSESSMENT
- ANNOTATED PHOTO
- ANNOTATED PHOTO
- ANNOTATED PHOTO
- HERITAGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- *SUPERSEDED* PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL AND PRELIMINARY ROOST ASSESSMENT
- TECHNICAL INFORMATION - SOLAR PANEL
- ANNOTATED PHOTO
- ANNOTATED PHOTO
- ANNOTATED PHOTO
- ANNOTATED PHOTO
- ANNOTATED PHOTO
- ANNOTATED PHOTO
- ANNOTATED PHOTO
- ANNOTATED PHOTO
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
West Suffolk granted permission on 29 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.
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