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Grove Farmhouse Grove Lane Ashfield Cum Thorpe Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6LZ

DC/25/05062Householder Planning ApplicationAwaiting decision
Householder
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Proposal

Householder Application - Barn replacement, Erection of Potting Shed, Greenhouse, solar array and a below ground pool

Received
17 November 2025
Decision due
19 March 2026
Public comments
3
Ward
Debenham
  1. Received17 Nov
  2. Validated19 Nov
  3. Consult.21 Jan
  4. Target19 Mar
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 21 January.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (11)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Grove Farmhouse Grove Lane Ashfield Cum Thorpe Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6LZ. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 17 November 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across Debenham. We hold 1,278 applications in total for the IP14 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
IP14 6LZ
Application type
Householder Planning Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Ashfield Cum Thorpe

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 November 2025
Consultation expiry
21 January 2026
Consultation start
31 December 2025
Consultation end
21 January 2026
Last date for comments
21 January 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
120 days

Publicity

Last advertised
26 November 2025
Advertisement expiry
17 December 2025
Site notice start
1 December 2025
Site notice end
22 December 2025

Additional information

Documents
11
Constraints
1

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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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2022
    1 Apr

    Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/20/00112

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDC/22/01880

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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