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Grinstead Barn Needham Road Barking Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8HG

DC/25/03405Full Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 24 October 2025

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)34 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Full Application - Conversion & Alterations to existing agricultural barn to create a self-build dwelling, erection of replacement cart lodge and change of use of associated land to residential amenity.

Received
30 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
10
Ward
Battisford & Ringshall
Agent
RGP Building Design & Energy Consultancy Ltd
  1. Received30 Jul
  2. Validated31 Jul
  3. Consult.22 Oct
  4. Target17 Oct
  5. Decided24 Oct

Decided in 85 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Grinstead Barn Needham Road Barking Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8HG. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 86 days, 5 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 21 applications across Battisford & Ringshall. We hold 627 applications in total for the IP6 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
IP6 8HG
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Barking

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 July 2025
Consultation expiry
22 October 2025
Consultation start
1 October 2025
Consultation end
22 October 2025
Neighbour consultation start
6 August 2025
Neighbour consultation end
27 August 2025
Last date for comments
22 October 2025
Target decision date
17 October 2025
Permission expires
24 October 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
RGP Building Design & Energy Consultancy Ltd
Agent address
RGP Building Design & Energy Consultancy Ltd 3 Moat View Lower Farm Road Ringshall Stowmarket Suffolk IP142JE

Planning decision

Case officer
Nikita Goodrich
Statutory period
78 days

Publicity

Last advertised
13 August 2025
Advertisement expiry
3 September 2025
Site notice start
15 August 2025
Site notice end
5 September 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14205018
Documents
39
Constraints
6

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

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.

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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