Hop Farm Dagworth Lane Old Newton IP14 3QL
Approved on 6 March 2026
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions
Proposal
Householder Application. Installation of 44no PV array to the roof of the garage/workshop. Installation of electrical storage battery inside the workshop.
- Received
- 7 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- Haughley, Stowupland & Wetherden
- Agent
- Modece Architects Ltd
- ReceivedReceived7 Jan
- ValidatedValidated13 Jan
- Consult.Consultation4 Feb
- TargetTarget Date24 Feb
- DecidedDecided6 Mar
Decided in 52 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a garage at Hop Farm Dagworth Lane Old Newton IP14 3QL. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 days, 9 days longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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.
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 3QL
- Application type
- Householder Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Old Newton With Dagworth
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 13 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 13 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 14 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 4 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 19 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 9 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 13 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 24 February 2026
- Permission expires
- 6 March 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Modece Architects Ltd
- Architect profile
- MODECE ARCHITECTS LTD
- Agent address
- Modece Architects Ltd Unit 4, The Old Fox Yard Ipswich Street Stowmarket IP14 1AB
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 21 January 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 11 February 2026
- Site notice start
- 23 January 2026
- Site notice end
- 13 February 2026
Additional information
- Documents
- 13
- Constraints
- 5
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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.
Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences
Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
© 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.
Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk
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