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The Granary Barn Daisy Green Great Ashfield Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3HS

DC/25/04117Full Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 12 November 2025

Delegated (officer decision)3 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

Full Planning Application - Conversion of existing barn to self-build dwelling, with gardens and access.

Received
16 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
6
Ward
Walsham-le-Willows
  1. Received16 Sep
  2. Validated19 Sep
  3. Consult.11 Nov
  4. Target31 Oct
  5. Decided12 Nov

Decided in 54 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at The Granary Barn Daisy Green Great Ashfield Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3HS. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days, 8 days longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 79 applications across Walsham-le-Willows. We hold 1,715 applications in total for the IP31 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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Why it was refused

  1. REASON(S) FOR REFUSAL: INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION - LAND CONTAMINATION ASSESSMENT The application fails to provide an adequate assessment of potential land contamination risks associated with the conversion of a former agricultural building to residential use. The submitted Envirocheck-type report and Land Contamination Questionnaire do not meet the requirements of BS 10175:2011+A1:2013 "Investigation of potentially contaminated sites - Code of practice" or the Land Contamination Risk Management (LCRM) framework. In the absence of a Phase I desk study and risk assessment by a suitably qualified geoenvironmental consultant, the Local Planning Authority cannot be satisfied that the site is suitable for its proposed use without unacceptable risks to human health. Therefore, this is contrary to Policy LP15 - Environmental Protection and Conservation of the Babergh Mid Suffolk Joint Local Plan.
  2. REASON(S) FOR REFUSAL: INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION - HIGHWAY SAFETY Insufficient information has been submitted to demonstrate that safe and suitable access can be achieved for all users. The proposed access onto Wetherden Road, a 60mph road, requires visibility splays of 2.4 metres by 215 metres in both directions, measured to the nearside edge of the carriageway, without encroachment onto third-party land. No revised visibility splay drawings have been provided nor has there been speed surveys provided which would allow for a lesser visibility splay, and therefore the Local Planning Authority cannot be satisfied that the development would not result in unacceptable highway safety risks. The proposal is thus contrary to Policy LP29 of the Babergh Mid Suffolk Joint Local Plan.
  3. REASON(S) FOR REFUSAL - HARM TO RESIDENTIAL AMENITY The proposed development, by reason of the design and siting of the recessed balconies at first-floor level, would result in unacceptable overlooking of the private rear garden of the neighbouring property, Granary Barn. This would cause material harm to the residential amenity of existing occupiers, contrary to Policy LP24 of the Babergh and Mid Suffolk Joint Local Plan (2023) and paragraph 135 of the National Planning Policy Framework (2024). SUMMARY OF POLICIES WHICH ARE RELEVANT TO THE DECISION: Babergh and Mid Suffolk Joint Local Plan (JLP) (2023) 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 LP26 - Water resources and infrastructure LP27 - Flood risk and vulnerability LP29 - Safe, Sustainable and Active Transport National Planning Policy and Guidance NPPF - National Planning Policy Framework PPG - National Planning Practice Guidance

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
IP31 3HS
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Great Ashfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 September 2025
Consultation expiry
11 November 2025
Consultation start
30 October 2025
Consultation end
11 November 2025
Neighbour consultation start
30 September 2025
Neighbour consultation end
21 October 2025
Last date for comments
11 November 2025
Target decision date
31 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Cavell House Stannard Place St Crispins Road Norwich NR3 1YE

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Last advertised
8 October 2025
Advertisement expiry
29 October 2025
Site notice start
7 October 2025
Site notice end
28 October 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14282135
Documents
23
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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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