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Church Farm The Causeway Walsham Le Willows Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3AB

DC/26/04404Pending Decision
Prior approval

Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Change of Use of Agricultural Buildings to a flexible use within Storage or Distribution (Use Class B8), Hotels (Use Class C1), Commercial/Business/Service (Use Class E) The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 3, Class R - Use of existing barn for 28no. self storage containers.

Received
9 October 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 18 October 2026
Ward
Walsham-le-Willows
Site boundary (council red line)
  1. Received9 Oct
  2. Validated9 Oct
  3. Consult.4 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided

This is a planning application for a change of use at Church Farm The Causeway Walsham Le Willows Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3AB. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 15,141 applications of this type and approves 91% of them, typically deciding them in 55 days. It was submitted on 9 October 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Walsham le Willows conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 66 applications across Walsham-le-Willows. We hold 1,687 applications in total for the IP31 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
DC/26/04404
Address
Church Farm The Causeway Walsham Le Willows Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3AB
Postcode
IP31 3AB
Local Authority
Babergh Mid Suffolk
Decision Status
Undecided
Current Status
Awaiting decision
Ward
Walsham-le-Willows
Parish
Walsham Le Willows

Applicant & Agent

Architect ProfileBEECH ARCHITECTS LIMITED

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
9 October 2026
Date Validated
9 October 2026
Date Submitted
9 October 2026
Consultation End
4 November 2026

Planning Decision

Case Officer
Grace Waspe

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents
8
Coordinates
52.301434, 0.930914
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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