Barn 2 Adjacent To Lavender Barn Fenstead End Boxted Suffolk
Approved on 3 November 2023
Council decision: Formal Approval IS required - ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
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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 conversion. Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development)(England) Order 2015 as amended Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q Conversion of Barn 2 to create 1 dwellinghouse, together with the provision of 2 parking spaces and external amenity space.
- Received
- 4 August 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 4
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- Chadacre
- Agent
- Evolution Town Planning Ltd
- ReceivedReceived4 Aug
- ValidatedValidated4 Aug
- Consult.Consultation13 Oct
- TargetTarget Date3 Nov
- DecidedDecided3 Nov
Decided in 91 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at Barn 2 Adjacent To Lavender Barn Fenstead End Boxted Suffolk. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 792 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 6 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 70 applications across Chadacre.
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
- Medium
- Parish
- Boxted
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 August 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 13 October 2023
- Consultation start
- 22 September 2023
- Consultation end
- 13 October 2023
- Neighbour consultation start
- 7 August 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 28 August 2023
- Last date for comments
- 13 October 2023
- Target decision date
- 3 November 2023
- Permission expires
- 3 November 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Evolution Town Planning Ltd
- Agent address
- Opus House Elm Farm Park Thurston Bury St Edmunds IP31 3SH United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 9 August 2023
- Site notice end
- 30 August 2023
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12350186
- Documents
- 17
- Constraints
- 4
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk
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