Drivers Farm Gislingham Road Finningham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4JA
Approved on 29 September 2025
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Application for Listed Building Consent - Restore lath lime plaster panel
- Received
- 16 August 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- Bacton
- ReceivedReceived16 Aug
- ValidatedValidated18 Aug
- Consult.Consultation8 Sep
- TargetTarget Date29 Sep
- DecidedDecided29 Sep
Decided in 42 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a heritage application at Drivers Farm Gislingham Road Finningham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4JA. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 1,753 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days, 5 days quicker than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Finningham conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 32 applications across Bacton. We hold 1,278 applications in total for the IP14 postcode area.
96% of heritage 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 4JA
- Application type
- Listed Building Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Finningham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 August 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 17 September 2025
- Consultation start
- 18 August 2025
- Consultation end
- 8 September 2025
- Last date for comments
- 17 September 2025
- Target decision date
- 29 September 2025
- Permission expires
- 29 September 2028
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 27 August 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 17 September 2025
- Site notice start
- 26 August 2025
- Site notice end
- 16 September 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14171309
- Documents
- 11
- Constraints
- 2
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: FinninghamPart 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 (20)
flood storage 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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Planning history at this site
7 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202228 Jan
Householder application - Reconstruction of roof tops (following fire damage) and installation of roof…
ApprovedHouseholderDC/22/00486 - 200722 Mar
Repair part of sole plate to front elevation, repair doorway and secure in a closed position with fibre glas…
ApprovedListed building consent0797/07 - 200617 Oct
Single dwelling and garage (revised design for plot 1 to that previously permitted under planning permission…
ApprovedFull Planning Application2667/06 - 20065 May
Removal of existing staircase and installation of new staircase. Installation of windows and doors on rear…
ApprovedListed building consent1051/06 - 20067 Apr
One dwelling and 'cart lodge' style garage [Revised house design for Plot 1 from that previously approved…
ApprovedFull Planning Application0758/06 - 20034 Nov
ERECTION OF 2 NO.DWELLINGS AND GARAGES ALSO GARAGE FOR DRIVERS FARM
ApprovedFull Planning Application1472/03/ - 200211 Oct
ERECTION OF THREE DWELLINGS WITH ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING ACCESS
RefusedOutline Planning Application0130/02/OL
Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk
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