Stonham Baptist Church Norwich Road Stonham Parva Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 5JT
Approved on 11 March 2026
Council decision: Granted5 conditions
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Proposal
Full Planning Application - Construction of new porch to front elevation of existing chapel
- Received
- 22 December 2025
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- Stonham
- ReceivedReceived22 Dec
- ValidatedValidated14 Jan
- Consult.Consultation17 Feb
- TargetTarget Date25 Feb
- DecidedDecided11 Mar
Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a porch at Stonham Baptist Church Norwich Road Stonham Parva Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 5JT. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 79 days, 4 weeks 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 56 applications across Stonham. 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 5JT
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Stonham Parva
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 14 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 18 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 20 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 17 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 21 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 11 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 18 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 25 February 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 1 Greenways Terrace Ipswich Road Gosbeck IP6 9SG
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 28 January 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 18 February 2026
- Site notice start
- 23 January 2026
- Site notice end
- 13 February 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14578220
- Documents
- 18
- Constraints
- 4
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 (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.
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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