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Whitehouse Old Barn Church Lane Earl Stonham IP14 5EA

DC/24/03064Prior Approval Agricultural to DwellApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 25 September 2024

Council decision: Formal Approval IS required - ApprovedDelegated (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 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 existing agricultural storage barn to provide 1No dwelling

Received
10 July 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
6
Ward
Stonham
Agent
Nick Peasland Architectural Services Limited
  1. Received10 Jul
  2. Validated10 Jul
  3. Consult.25 Sep
  4. Target11 Oct
  5. Decided25 Sep

Decided in 77 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Whitehouse Old Barn Church Lane Earl Stonham IP14 5EA. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 792 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 4 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 56 applications across Stonham. 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 5EA
Application type
Prior Approval Agricultural to Dwell
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Earl Stonham

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 July 2024
Consultation expiry
25 September 2024
Consultation start
11 September 2024
Consultation end
25 September 2024
Neighbour consultation start
16 July 2024
Neighbour consultation end
6 August 2024
Last date for comments
25 September 2024
Target decision date
11 October 2024
Permission expires
25 September 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Nick Peasland Architectural Services Limited
Architect profile
NICK PEASLAND ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES LIMITED
Agent address
Nick Peasland Architectural Services Limited Belmont House Hall Street Long Melford CO10 9JF

Planning decision

Statutory period
93 days

Publicity

Site notice start
22 July 2024
Site notice end
12 August 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13224498
Documents
27
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Church CottageOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • 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 (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

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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