Woodlands Farm Barn Woodlands Road Raydon Ipswich Suffolk IP7 5QD
Approved on 5 October 2026
Council decision: Formal Approval IS required - Approved18 conditions
Proposal
Application for Prior Approval for a proposed Change of Use of Agricultural Buildings to Dwellinghouses (C3) and for building operations reasonably necessary for conversion. Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development)(England) Order 2015 as amended Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q - Conversion of barn into 2no. dwellings.
- Received
- 13 August 2026
- Public comments
- 3 · last counted 9 October 2026
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- Brett Vale
- ReceivedReceived13 Aug
- ValidatedValidated13 Aug
- Consult.Consultation7 Sep
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided5 Oct
Decided in 53 days
About this application
This is a planning application for a change of use at Woodlands Farm Barn Woodlands Road Raydon Ipswich Suffolk IP7 5QD. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 15,395 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 4 days longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 480 applications in total for the IP7 postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- IP7 5QD
- Parish
- Raydon
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 13 August 2026
- Consultation end
- 7 September 2026
Applicant and agent
- Architect profile
- PETER WELLS ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Rose Rimell
Additional information
- Documents
- 18
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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