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Land At Driftway Stud Hoxne Road Weybread Suffolk

DC/23/01354Prior Approval Agricultural to DwellRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 12 May 2023

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

Proposal

Application to determine if Prior Approval is required for a proposed Change of Use of Agricultural Buildings to Dwellinghouses (C3) and for building operations reasonably necessary for conversion. Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development)(England) Order 2015 as amended Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q - Change of use of former agricultural barn to form 1No dwelling.

Received
19 March 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Fressingfield
Agent
Acorus Rural Property Services
  1. Received19 Mar
  2. Validated20 Mar
  3. Consult.3 May
  4. Target1 May
  5. Decided12 May

Decided in 53 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Land At Driftway Stud Hoxne Road Weybread Suffolk. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 792 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days, 5 days longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 54 applications across Fressingfield.

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

Application type
Prior Approval Agricultural to Dwell
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Weybread

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 March 2023
Consultation expiry
8 May 2023
Consultation start
12 April 2023
Consultation end
3 May 2023
Neighbour consultation start
13 April 2023
Neighbour consultation end
4 May 2023
Last date for comments
8 May 2023
Target decision date
1 May 2023
Permission expires
12 May 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Acorus Rural Property Services
Architect profile
ACORUS RURAL PROPERTY SERVICES LIMITED
Agent address
Acorus Rural Property Services The Old Market Office 10 Risbygate Street Bury St Edmunds IP33 3AA

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Site notice start
17 April 2023
Site notice end
8 May 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12025203
Documents
7
Constraints
1

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.

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  2. 2023
    19 Mar

    Application to determine if Prior Approval is required for a proposed Change of Use of Agricultural Buildings…

    This applicationRefusedOutlineDC/23/01354

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