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Castle Hill Farm Castle Hill Thorndon

Refused Babergh DC/22/04701 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

Application for prior approval for a proposed: Change of Use of Agricultural Buildings to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3), and for building operations reasonably necessary for the conversion The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q - Conversion of agricultural building into 1No dwelling.

As published by the council, reference DC/22/04701

Application record

Reference
DC/22/04701
Type
Prior Approval Agricultural to Dwell
Status
Refused
Decision
Refused As published: Formal Approval IS required - Refused
Received
21 Sep 2022
Validated
21 Sep 2022
Decided
16 Nov 2022
Ward
Mendlesham
Parish
Thorndon
Decision by
Delegated Decision

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 21 Sep 2022

    Received by Babergh

  2. 16 Nov 2022

    Decision issued: Formal Approval IS required - Refused

  3. 15 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

13 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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