Elm Farm Debenham Road Stonham Aspal Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6AE
Proposal
Notification for Prior Approval for a Proposed Change of Use of Agricultural Building to Dwellinghouses (Class C3), and for building operations reasonably necessary for the conversion. Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q - Conversion of barn to form 1No dwelling.
- Received
- 12 June 2024
- Decided
- 29 August 2024 · Formal Approval IS required - Approved
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 5
- Council
- Mid Suffolk District Council
- Ward
- Stonham
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- ReceivedSubmitted12 Jun
- ValidatedValidated13 Jun
- Consult.Consultation16 Aug
- TargetTarget Date23 Aug
- DecidedDecided29 Aug
Decided in 77 days (council typically 49)
This is an outline application for a change of use at Elm Farm Debenham Road Stonham Aspal Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6AE. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 792 applications of this type and approves 72% of them, typically deciding them in 59 days. This one was decided in 78 days, 3 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's median. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 53 applications across Stonham. We hold 1,238 applications in total for the IP14 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
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- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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- Acorus Rural Property Services Limited · Agent for this application
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