3 Barn Field Drive Needham Market Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8FY
Approved on 29 January 2026
Council decision: Formal Approval NOT ReqdDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Application to Determine if Prior Approval is Required for a Proposed Larger Home Extension. Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended Schedule 2, Part 1, Class A -Single storey rear extension to existing detached dwelling. Extension will comply with permitted development in terms of size/materials, etc.
- Received
- 17 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- Needham Market
- Agent
- Loftus Architects Ltd
- ReceivedReceived17 Dec
- ValidatedValidated18 Dec
- Consult.Consultation12 Jan
- TargetTarget Date29 Jan
- DecidedDecided29 Jan
Decided in 42 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 3 Barn Field Drive Needham Market Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8FY. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 792 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 6 days quicker than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 59 applications across Needham Market. We hold 627 applications in total for the IP6 postcode area.
79% of outline 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 8FY
- Application type
- Prior Approval Larger Householder Ext
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Needham Market
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 12 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 22 December 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 12 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 12 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 29 January 2026
- Permission expires
- 29 January 2031
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Loftus Architects Ltd
- Agent address
- 53 Manning Road BURY ST EDMUNDS Suffolk IP32 7GF
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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 (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.
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Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk
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