Planning application
First Floor Flat (The Beauty Rooms) 13 Meadows Way Hadleigh Ipswich Suffolk IP7 5DX
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA - Change of use of premises from beauty salon to form 1no. dwelling.
As published by the council, reference DC/25/03818
Application record
- Reference
- DC/25/03818
- Type
- Prior Approval Commercial to dwelling
- Status
- Refused
- Decision
- Formal Approval IS required - Refused
- Received
- 28 Aug 2025
- Validated
- 1 Sep 2025
- Decided
- 24 Oct 2025
- Ward
- Hadleigh South
- Parish
- Hadleigh
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- IP7 5DX
Site history
Applications at this address on the Babergh register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 1 refused.
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DC/25/05281 Granted
First Floor Flat (The Beauty Rooms) 13 Meadows Way Hadleigh Ipswich Suffolk IP7 5DX
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA - Change of use of premises from beauty salon to form 1no. dwelling.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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28 Aug 2025
Received by Babergh
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1 Sep 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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24 Oct 2025
Decision issued: Formal Approval IS required - Refused
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9 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Agent on file, registered in Ipswich
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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.
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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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Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA - Change of use of premises from beauty salon to form 1no. dwelling.
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