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The Forge Blacksmiths Green Wetheringsett Cum Brockford Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 5PZ

DC/18/00569Prior Approval Agricultural to DwellApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 30 March 2018

Council decision: Formal Approval IS required - ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Notification for Prior Approval Application under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q (a) and (b) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 for a Proposed Change of Use of Agricultural Building to a Dwellinghouse (Class C3).

Received
6 February 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Wetheringsett
  1. Received6 Feb
  2. Validated7 Feb
  3. Consult.6 Mar
  4. Target21 Mar
  5. Decided30 Mar

Decided in 51 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at The Forge Blacksmiths Green Wetheringsett Cum Brockford Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 5PZ. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 792 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 3 days longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 1,279 applications in total for the IP14 postcode area.

79% of outline applications at Babergh District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
IP14 5PZ
Application type
Prior Approval Agricultural to Dwell
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wetheringsett Cum Brockford

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 February 2018
Consultation expiry
6 March 2018
Consultation start
7 February 2018
Consultation end
6 March 2018
Neighbour consultation start
7 February 2018
Neighbour consultation end
28 February 2018
Last date for comments
6 March 2018
Target decision date
21 March 2018
Permission expires
30 March 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Unit 4 Observation Court 84 Princes Street Ipswich Suffolk IP1 1RY

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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