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Barnby Methodist Church The Street Barnby Suffolk NR34 7QB

DC/15/3011/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 15 October 2015

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of former Barnby Methodist Church to residential

Received
23 July 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
Beccles And Worlingham
Agent
Durrants Building Consultancy
  1. Received23 Jul
  2. Validated4 Sep
  3. Consult.30 Sep
  4. Target29 Oct
  5. Decided15 Oct

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Barnby Methodist Church The Street Barnby Suffolk NR34 7QB. East Suffolk has handled 5,532 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 4 weeks longer than East Suffolk's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 57 applications across Beccles And Worlingham. We hold 1,406 applications in total for the NR34 postcode area.

93% of full applications at East Suffolk Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
NR34 7QB
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Barnby

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 September 2015
Consultation expiry
5 October 2015
Consultation start
9 September 2015
Consultation end
30 September 2015
Neighbour consultation end
30 September 2015
Last date for comments
5 October 2015
Target decision date
29 October 2015
Decision issued
19 October 2015
Permission expires
19 October 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent
Durrants Building Consultancy
Agent address
2B Market Hill Diss Norfolk IP22 4WH

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Site notice start
15 September 2015
Site notice end
5 October 2015

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04356905
Documents
15
Constraints
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    5 Jun

    Variation of Condition Nos. 2 and 4 of DC/21/5646/VOC

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)DC/23/2223/VOC
  2. 2021
    20 Dec

    Variation of Condition(s) 2 & 10 of Planning Permission DC/20/2702/FUL

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)DC/21/5646/VOC
  3. 2021
    26 May

    TPO 003/2021 1 x Oak Crown reduce and shape to give clearance to church roof / property 3 x small Elms - Fell…

    WithdrawnWorks to Trees under TPODC/21/2586/TPO
  4. 2020
    20 Jul

    Change the current use of the building to a multi-use residential & commercial property.

    ApprovedFull ApplicationDC/20/2702/FUL
  5. 2020
    15 Jan

    Conversion into a residential dwelling

    ApprovedFull ApplicationDC/20/0145/FUL
  6. 2016
    1 Jun

    Conversion of methodist church into residential dwelling

    ApprovedChange of UseDC/16/2285/COU

Source: East Suffolk

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