Potash Farm The Street Brundish Woodbridge Suffolk IP13 8BL

DC/25/01745Prior Approval Agricultural to DwellRefused

Outline / PiP

Refused on 5 June 2025

Council decision: Formal Approval IS required - RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

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 agricultural building to 1no. dwellinghouse

Received: 10 April 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 13
Council: Babergh District Council
Ward: Stradbroke & Laxfield

ReceivedReceived10 Apr
ValidatedValidated10 Apr
Consult.Consultation23 May
TargetTarget Date22 May
DecidedDecided5 Jun

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Potash Farm The Street Brundish Woodbridge Suffolk IP13 8BL. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 792 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 9 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 71 applications across Stradbroke & Laxfield. We hold 1,031 applications in total for the IP13 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: IP13 8BL
Application type: Prior Approval Agricultural to Dwell
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Brundish

Planning application dates

Date validated: 10 April 2025
Consultation expiry: 23 May 2025
Consultation start: 2 May 2025
Consultation end: 23 May 2025
Neighbour consultation start: 14 April 2025
Neighbour consultation end: 5 May 2025
Last date for comments: 23 May 2025
Target decision date: 22 May 2025
Permission expires: 5 June 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Old Market Office 10 Risbygate Street Bury St Edmunds IP33 3AA

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 1 May 2025
Site notice end: 22 May 2025

Appeal history

3369285

Dismissed

Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 3 December 2025Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13931870
Documents: 26
Constraints: 3

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Listed building: Grade II: Brundish HouseOn or next to this site
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.

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7 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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