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The Studio Springvale Farm Hadleigh Road Sproughton Ipswich Suffolk IP8 3AS

DC/20/04601Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 14 December 2020

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Full Planning Application - Change of Use from the current (B1 office) use to (A3) coffeeshop/cafe for five year period. Erection of outdoor shelter.

Received
13 October 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sproughton & Pinewood
  1. Received13 Oct
  2. Validated19 Oct
  3. Consult.2 Dec
  4. Target30 Nov
  5. Decided14 Dec

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Studio Springvale Farm Hadleigh Road Sproughton Ipswich Suffolk IP8 3AS. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 13 days longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across Sproughton & Pinewood. We hold 519 applications in total for the IP8 postcode area.

90% of full 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
IP8 3AS
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Sproughton

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 October 2020
Consultation expiry
2 December 2020
Consultation start
11 November 2020
Consultation end
2 December 2020
Neighbour consultation start
6 November 2020
Neighbour consultation end
27 November 2020
Last date for comments
2 December 2020
Target decision date
30 November 2020
Permission expires
14 December 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Last advertised
27 October 2020
Advertisement expiry
17 November 2020
Site notice start
23 October 2020
Site notice end
13 November 2020

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
21
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2022
    6 Jan

    Application under S73a for removal or variation of condition following grant of Planning Permission…

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)DC/22/00061
  2. 2020
    13 Oct

    Full Planning Application - Change of Use from the current (B1 office) use to (A3) coffeeshop/cafe for five…

    This applicationApprovedFullDC/20/04601

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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