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Barn 4 At Hall Farm Barns Church Lane Stonham Parva Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 5JL

DC/26/01225Prior Approval Agricultural to DwellAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Application to determine if Prior Approval is required for a proposed Change of Use of Agricultural Buildings to Dwellinghouses (C3) which may include extension of the building and/or building operations reasonably necessary for the conversion. . Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development)(England) Order 2015 as amended Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q - Conversion of former agricultural Barn to two dwellings

Received
20 March 2026
Decision due
6 May 2026
Ward
Stonham
Agent
Hollins Architects & Surveyors
  1. Received20 Mar
  2. Validated25 Mar
  3. Consult.15 Apr
  4. Target6 May
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 15 April.

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About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Barn 4 At Hall Farm Barns Church Lane Stonham Parva Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 5JL. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 792 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 20 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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.

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
IP14 5JL
Application type
Prior Approval Agricultural to Dwell
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Stonham Parva

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 March 2026
Consultation expiry
15 April 2026
Consultation start
25 March 2026
Consultation end
15 April 2026
Last date for comments
15 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Hollins Architects & Surveyors
Agent address
The Guildhall Market Hill Framlingham Woodbridge IP13 9BD United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14794862
Comments
0
Documents
16
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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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