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Hill House Barn Thorpe Lane Debenham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6NF

DC/23/03448Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 6 October 2023

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Full Planning Application - Change of use of land and conversion of agricultural building to form 3No dwellings including alterations to vehicular access.

Received
21 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
Debenham
Agent
Chapman Lily Planning Ltd
  1. Received21 Jul
  2. Validated25 Jul
  3. Consult.13 Sep
  4. Target21 Sep
  5. Decided6 Oct

Decided in 73 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Hill House Barn Thorpe Lane Debenham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6NF. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 4 weeks 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 51 applications across Debenham. We hold 1,278 applications in total for the IP14 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
IP14 6NF
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Debenham

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 July 2023
Consultation expiry
13 September 2023
Consultation start
23 August 2023
Consultation end
13 September 2023
Neighbour consultation start
25 July 2023
Neighbour consultation end
15 August 2023
Last date for comments
13 September 2023
Target decision date
21 September 2023
Permission expires
6 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Chapman Lily Planning Ltd
Agent address
Unit 5 Designer House Sandford Lane Wareham BH20 4DY United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
58 days

Publicity

Last advertised
2 August 2023
Advertisement expiry
23 August 2023
Site notice start
27 July 2023
Site notice end
17 August 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12326815
Documents
22
Constraints
5

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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