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Lower Farm Buildings The Street Troston Suffolk

DC/26/0458/P3QPAPrior Approval Agriculture to dwellingsApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 15 October 2026

Council decision: Approve applicationDelegated (officer decision)14 conditions

Proposal

Prior approval application under part 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (amendment and consequential provisions) (England) Order 2015 - change of use from agricultural building to create six dwellings (class C3)

Received
20 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Pakenham & Troston
Agent
Phil Cobbold Planning Ltd
  1. Received20 Mar
  2. Validated20 Mar
  3. Consult.18 Apr
  4. Target15 May
  5. Decided15 Oct

Decided in 209 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Lower Farm Buildings The Street Troston Suffolk. West Suffolk has handled 399 applications of this type. This one was decided in 209 days, 22 weeks longer than West Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Pakenham & Troston.

82% of outline applications at West Suffolk Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Prior Approval Agriculture to dwellings
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Troston

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 March 2026
Consultation expiry
30 April 2026
Consultation start
26 March 2026
Consultation end
18 April 2026
Target decision date
15 May 2026
Permission expires
15 October 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent
Phil Cobbold Planning Ltd
Agent address
138 High Road Trimley St Mary IP11 0SU

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
9 April 2026
Site notice end
30 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14798374
Documents
25
Constraints
8

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. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

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: West Suffolk

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