Skip to content

Agricultural Building At Newtown Meadow Newtown Fingal Street Worlingworth IP13 7HR

DC/23/03888Prior Approval Agricultural to DwellApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 15 November 2023

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

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 building to form 1No dwellinghouse.

Received
17 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
Hoxne & Worlingworth
Agent
Modece Architects Ltd.
  1. Received17 Aug
  2. Validated17 Aug
  3. Consult.25 Sep
  4. Target28 Sep
  5. Decided15 Nov

Decided in 90 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Agricultural Building At Newtown Meadow Newtown Fingal Street Worlingworth IP13 7HR. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 792 applications of this type. This one was decided in 90 days, 6 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 67 applications across Hoxne & Worlingworth. We hold 1,031 applications in total for the IP13 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.Planning something similar? See what gets approved on your street

Application details

Postcode
IP13 7HR
Application type
Prior Approval Agricultural to Dwell
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Worlingworth

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 August 2023
Consultation expiry
25 September 2023
Consultation start
17 August 2023
Consultation end
25 September 2023
Neighbour consultation start
21 August 2023
Neighbour consultation end
11 September 2023
Last date for comments
25 September 2023
Target decision date
28 September 2023
Permission expires
15 November 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Modece Architects Ltd.
Architect profile
MODECE ARCHITECTS LTD
Agent address
Modece Architects Ltd. Unit 4 The Old Fox Yard Ipswich Street Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 1AB

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Site notice start
4 September 2023
Site notice end
25 September 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12389108
Documents
26
Constraints
1

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

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near IP13

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

Planning something similar?

See what the council approved and refused for changes of use on your street. Pick your home and get the evidence before you pay for drawings.

See what gets approved on your streetBuying this property? Report on this address