Stowupland Village Hall Church Road Stowupland Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4BG
Refused on 30 April 2025
Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal
Proposal
Application under S73 for the Removal or Variation of a Condition following grant of DC/23/03992 dated 25/10/2023 Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) - Extensions and alterations to existing Village Hall, construction of storage compound, associated external and landscaping works (following demolition of Bowls Pavilion). To vary Condition 2 (Approved Plans and Documents) - To enable revisions to the layout and design, within the original floor area and scale of the approved scheme, as per revised plans.
- Received
- 23 January 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- Haughley, Stowupland & Wetherden
- ReceivedReceived23 Jan
- ValidatedValidated24 Jan
- Consult.Consultation13 Feb
- TargetTarget Date23 Apr
- DecidedDecided30 Apr
Decided in 96 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an application to vary a condition at Stowupland Village Hall Church Road Stowupland Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4BG. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 2,320 applications of this type. This one was decided in 97 days, 7 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 69 applications across Haughley, Stowupland & Wetherden. We hold 1,277 applications in total for the IP14 postcode area.
95% of conditions applications at Babergh District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).
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Why it was refused
- Development Plan policy LP24, Neighbourhood Plan policy SNP14 and paragraph 135 of the NPPF seek to promote and safeguard design and residential amenity. Paragraph 140 of the NPPF seeks to ensure the quality of an approved development is not materially diminished between permission and completion. The site is within the established residential area of Stowupland village, with no nearby industrial areas. The development would be of an urbanising effect, overly dominating in this location and would reduce the quality of the design previously approved under planning ref DC/23/03992. The proposal would accordingly not deliver a positive contribution to its context, nor create character and interest appropriate to the character of the village hereabouts. It is considered that the development does not represent good design securing the objectives of policies LP24 and SNP14 having regard to the unacceptable planning harm identified. On this basis the development would be contrary to policies LP24 of the JLP, SNP14 of the Neighbourhood Plan and paragraphs 135 and 140 of the NPPF which are considered to be significant material considerations in the circumstances of this application. SUMMARY OF POLICIES WHICH ARE RELEVANT TO THE DECISION: SP03 - The sustainable location of new development SP09 - Enhancement and Management of the Environment SP10 - Climate Change LP15 - Environmental Protection and Conservation LP16 - Biodiversity & Geodiversity LP23 - Sustainable Construction and Design LP24 - Design and Residential Amenity LP28 - Services and Facilities Within the Community LP29 - Safe, Sustainable and Active Transport NPPF - National Planning Policy Framework Stowupland Neighbourhood Plan
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- IP14 4BG
- Application type
- Full App Without Compliance of Condition
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Stowupland
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 24 January 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 19 February 2025
- Consultation start
- 23 January 2025
- Consultation end
- 13 February 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 24 January 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 14 February 2025
- Last date for comments
- 19 February 2025
- Target decision date
- 23 April 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Whitworth
- Agent address
- Unit 12 Park Farm Fornham St Genevieve Bury St Edmunds IP28 6TS United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 89 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 5 January 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 26 January 2025
- Site notice start
- 29 January 2025
- Site notice end
- 19 February 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13718606
- Documents
- 8
- Constraints
- 6
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk
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