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The Old Piggery Slough Farm Bridge Street Road Lavenham Sudbury CO10 9SJ Suffolk

Refused Babergh B/16/01138 Prior Approval Agricultural to Dwell

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Notification for Prior Approval of proposed change of use of agricultural building to a dwellinghouse (Use Class C3), and for associated operational development - Agricultral Building to Dwelling.

As published by the council, reference B/16/01138

Application record

Reference
B/16/01138
Type
Prior Approval Agricultural to Dwell
Status
Refused
Decision
Refused
Received
16 Aug 2016
Validated
23 Aug 2016
Decided
18 Oct 2016
Ward
Lavenham
Parish
Lavenham
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
CO10 9SJ

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 16 Aug 2016

    Received by Babergh

  2. 23 Aug 2016

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 18 Oct 2016

    Decision issued: Refused

  4. 4 Oct 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

11 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Babergh refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About prior approval applications

Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.

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