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Oak Tree Farm Debenham Road Kenton Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6JZ

DC/23/04125Prior Approval Agricultural to DwellRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 30 October 2023

Council decision: Formal Approval IS required - RefusedDelegated (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 AgriculturalBuildings to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3), The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q - Conversion of Barn (A) to form 1No dwelling.

Received
2 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
Debenham
Agent
Beech Architects
  1. Received2 Sep
  2. Validated4 Sep
  3. Consult.26 Sep
  4. Target16 Oct
  5. Decided30 Oct

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Oak Tree Farm Debenham Road Kenton Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6JZ. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 792 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 days, 9 days longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications 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.

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 6JZ
Application type
Prior Approval Agricultural to Dwell
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Kenton

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 September 2023
Consultation expiry
5 October 2023
Consultation start
5 September 2023
Consultation end
26 September 2023
Last date for comments
5 October 2023
Target decision date
16 October 2023
Permission expires
30 October 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Beech Architects
Architect profile
BEECH ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
Church Farm Barn The Street Thorndon IP23 7JR

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Site notice start
14 September 2023
Site notice end
5 October 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12426528
Documents
0
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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

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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2023
    2 Sep

    Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Change of Use of AgriculturalBuildings…

    This applicationRefusedOutlineDC/23/04125
  2. 2023
    2 Sep

    Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Change of Use of Agricultural…

    RefusedPrior Approval Agricultural to DwellFiled alongsideDC/23/04126

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