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Shelley Hall Layham Road Shelley Ipswich Suffolk IP7 5QX

DC/26/00499Listed Building ConsentAwaiting decision

Proposal

Application for Listed Building Consent - Conversion of a Partially Converted Ancillary Outbuilding for use as an Annex/Entertainment Space

Received
9 February 2026
Decision due
25 March 2026
Public comments
1
Ward
Brett Vale
Agent
Kay Pilsbury Thomas Architects
  1. Received9 Feb
  2. Validated11 Feb
  3. Consult.20 Mar
  4. Target25 Mar
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 20 March.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (22)

About this application

This is a heritage application for an outbuilding at Shelley Hall Layham Road Shelley Ipswich Suffolk IP7 5QX. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 1,753 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 9 February 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 70 applications across Brett Vale. We hold 480 applications in total for the IP7 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
IP7 5QX
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Shelley

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 February 2026
Consultation expiry
20 March 2026
Consultation start
27 February 2026
Consultation end
20 March 2026
Last date for comments
20 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Kay Pilsbury Thomas Architects
Architect profile
KAY PILSBURY THOMAS ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
Honeylands Radwinter Saffron Walden CB10 2TJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Last advertised
24 February 2026
Advertisement expiry
17 March 2026
Site notice start
27 February 2026
Site notice end
20 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14623009
Documents
22
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • National Landscape (AONB): Dedham Vale
  • 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, 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, 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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    23 Jun

    Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/26/00498

    PendingDischarge of conditionsDC/26/02696

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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