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Mill Green Farm Debenham Road Stonham Aspal (part In The Parish Of Mickfield) Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6BZ

DC/23/02404Prior Approval Agricultural to DwellApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 17 July 2023

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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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 the conversion. Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development)(England) Order 2015 (as amended) Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q - Conversion to form 3No dwellings.

Received
22 May 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
8
Ward
Stonham
Agent
KWA Architects (Cambridge) Ltd
  1. Received22 May
  2. Validated23 May
  3. Consult.12 Jul
  4. Target4 Jul
  5. Decided17 Jul

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Mill Green Farm Debenham Road Stonham Aspal (part In The Parish Of Mickfield) Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6BZ. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 792 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 57 applications across Stonham. We hold 1,277 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 6BZ
Application type
Prior Approval Agricultural to Dwell
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Stonham Aspal

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 May 2023
Consultation expiry
12 July 2023
Consultation start
28 June 2023
Consultation end
12 July 2023
Neighbour consultation start
23 May 2023
Neighbour consultation end
13 June 2023
Last date for comments
12 July 2023
Target decision date
4 July 2023
Permission expires
17 July 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
KWA Architects (Cambridge) Ltd
Architect profile
KWA ARCHITECTS (CAMBRIDGE) LIMITED
Agent address
Chalk Farm High Street Babraham Cambridge CB22 3AG United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Site notice start
8 June 2023
Site notice end
29 June 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12175027
Documents
23
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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