Brook Farm Drinkstone Road Beyton Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9AQ

DC/24/04257Full Planning ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 29 January 2025

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Full Planning Application - Change of use and conversion of outbuilding to form 1 bed holiday let.

Received: 25 September 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 3
Council: Babergh District Council
Ward: Thurston
Agent: Roger Balmer Design

ReceivedReceived25 Sep
ValidatedValidated26 Sep
Consult.Consultation16 Oct
TargetTarget Date10 Jan
DecidedDecided29 Jan

Decided in 125 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at Brook Farm Drinkstone Road Beyton Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9AQ. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 126 days, 11 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 118 applications across Thurston. We hold 1,122 applications in total for the IP30 postcode area.

90% of full 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: IP30 9AQ
Application type: Full Planning Application
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Beyton

Planning application dates

Date validated: 26 September 2024
Consultation expiry: 4 November 2024
Consultation start: 25 September 2024
Consultation end: 16 October 2024
Neighbour consultation start: 26 September 2024
Neighbour consultation end: 17 October 2024
Last date for comments: 4 November 2024
Target decision date: 10 January 2025
Permission expires: 29 January 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent: Roger Balmer Design
Agent address: Fountain House Studio The Street East Bergholt Colchester CO7 6TB

Planning decision

Statutory period: 106 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 2 October 2024
Advertisement expiry: 23 October 2024
Site notice start: 14 October 2024
Site notice end: 4 November 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13036967
Documents: 0
Constraints: 4

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Listed building: Grade II: Brook FarmhouseOn or next to this site

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.

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Associated applications

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Full Planning Application - Change of use and conversion of outbuilding to form 1 bed holiday let.
This applicationApprovedFullDC/24/04257
2024
25 Sep
Application Listed Building Consent - Works to facilitate conversion of outbuilding to form 1 bed holiday let…
ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsideDC/24/04258

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Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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