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Balfour House 20 Eve Balfour Way Haughley Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 3NW

DC/25/05123Full Planning ApplicationAwaiting decision
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Proposal

Planning Application - Conversion of former Residential Home for people with a disability (C2) into 4 self contained flats for residential use (C3).

Received
20 November 2025
Decision due
7 January 2026
Public comments
6
Ward
Haughley, Stowupland & Wetherden
Agent
WT Design Ltd
  1. Received20 Nov
  2. Validated26 Nov
  3. Consult.5 Feb
  4. Target7 Jan
  5. Decided

Have your say

Comments close on 5 February.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (26)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Balfour House 20 Eve Balfour Way Haughley Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 3NW. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 20 November 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 69 applications across Haughley, Stowupland & Wetherden. We hold 1,278 applications in total for the IP14 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
IP14 3NW
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Haughley

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 November 2025
Consultation expiry
5 February 2026
Consultation start
22 January 2026
Consultation end
5 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
1 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
22 December 2025
Last date for comments
5 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
WT Design Ltd
Architect profile
WT DESIGN LTD
Agent address
WT Design Ltd Unit 9 Hall Farm Business Park Martham Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 5DR

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Site notice start
22 December 2025
Site notice end
12 January 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14504227
Documents
26
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: HaughleyPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: The FirsOn 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 (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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    26 Oct

    Non-material Amendment to DC/25/05123

    PendingNon-material amendmentAmendmentDC/26/04608
  2. 2026
    2 Oct

    Discharge of Condition Application for DC/25/05123

    PendingDischarge of conditionsDC/26/04249
  3. 2025
    20 Nov

    Planning Application - Conversion of former Residential Home for people with a disability (C2) into 4 self…

    This applicationPendingFullDC/25/05123

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