Corner Farmhouse The Street Brent Eleigh Sudbury Suffolk CO10 9NS
Refused on 23 July 2026
Proposal
Application for Listed Building Consent - Installation of through floor lift and associated works
- Received
- 20 May 2026
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- Box Vale
- ReceivedReceived20 May
- ValidatedValidated21 May
- Consult.Consultation28 Jul
- TargetTarget Date24 Jul
- DecidedDecided23 Jul
Decided in 63 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a heritage application at Corner Farmhouse The Street Brent Eleigh Sudbury Suffolk CO10 9NS. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 1,753 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 2 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Brent Eleigh conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 58 applications across Box Vale. We hold 3,165 applications in total for the CO10 postcode area.
96% of heritage applications at Babergh District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).
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Why it was refused
- The proposed installation of a free-standing lift would result in a very low to low level of less than substantial harm to the significance of Corner Farmhouse, a Grade II* listed building, through the loss of historic fabric and the introduction of a visually intrusive modern structure within the historic interior. Whilst the need for improved accessibility is acknowledged, the benefits of the proposal are private in nature and do not amount to public benefits sufficient to outweigh the identified harm to the listed building. The proposal therefore fails to preserve the special architectural and historic interest of the designated heritage asset, contrary to Policies SP09 and LP19 of the Babergh and Mid Suffolk Joint Local Plan (2023) and paragraphs 212 and 215 of the National Planning Policy Framework (2024). SUMMARY OF POLICIES WHICH ARE RELEVANT TO THE DECISION: SP09 - Enhancement and Management of the Environment LP19 - The Historic Environment NPPF - National Planning Policy Framework PPG- Planning Practice Guidance Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils have adopted Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) charging which affects planning permissions granted on or after 11th April 2016 and permitted development commenced on or after 11th April 2016. If your development is for the erection of a new building, annex or extension or the change of use of a building over 100sqm in internal area or the creation of a new dwelling or holiday let of any size your development may be liable to pay CIL and you must submit relevant documents to our Infrastructure Team telling us more about your development, who will pay CIL and when the development will start. You will receive advice on the amount you have to pay and what you have to do and you can find more information about CIL on our websites here: CIL in Babergh and CIL in Mid Suffolk or by contacting the Infrastructure Team on:
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- CO10 9NS
- Application type
- Listed Building Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Brent Eleigh
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 21 May 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 12 June 2026
- Consultation start
- 22 May 2026
- Consultation end
- 28 July 2026
- Last date for comments
- 12 June 2026
- Target decision date
- 24 July 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Gwelo Edgworth Road Sudbury CO10 2TG GB
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 2 May 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 23 May 2026
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Brent Eleigh
- 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 (20)
flood storage 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.
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
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202630 Mar
Householder Application - Instalation of free standing lift between ground and first floor.Manufacturer will…
Permission not requiredHouseholderDC/26/01356 - 202529 Dec
Application for Listed Building Consent - Installation of through floor lift
WithdrawnListed building consentDC/25/05619 - 202528 Oct
Householder Application - Erection of wall (following demolition of existing wall) and removal and…
ApprovedHouseholderDC/25/04778 - 202523 Jun
Works to trees within a conservation area - T1 - Eucalyptus tree - re-pollard the long over extended…
ApprovedNotification: Works to Trees in Con AreaDC/25/02817
Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk
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