Planning application
Collingsford Farm Thwaite Road Thwaite Stowmarket Suffolk IP23 7EB
Works: Demolition Several homes
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
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 of Agricultural Buildings to Dwellinghouses (C3) and for building operations reasonably necessary for conversion. Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development)(England) Order 2015 as amended Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q - Conversion of former poultry houses to 4no. dwellings including demolition of other poultry building
As published by the council, reference DC/25/04922
Application record
- Reference
- DC/25/04922
- Type
- Prior Approval Agricultural to Dwell
- Status
- Refused
- Decision
- Formal Approval IS required - Refused
- Received
- 6 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 6 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 11 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Mendlesham
- Parish
- Wetheringsett Cum Brockford
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- IP23 7EB
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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6 Nov 2025
Received by Babergh
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11 Mar 2026
Decision issued: Formal Approval IS required - Refused
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9 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
28 documents on file for this application
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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.
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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Application to determine if Prior Approval is required for a proposed Change of Use of Agricultural Buildings to Dwellinghouses (C3) and for building operations reasonably necessary for conversion. Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development)(England) Order 2015 as amended Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q - Conversion of former poultry houses to 4no. dwellings including demolition of other poultry building
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