Planning application
Barn At Ashes Farm Oak Farm Lane Mendlesham IP14 5TE
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Application to determine if prior approval is required 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 into 3no residential dwellings.
As published by the council, reference DC/25/05083
Application record
- Reference
- DC/25/05083
- Type
- Prior Approval Agricultural to Dwell
- Status
- Granted
- Decision
- Formal Approval IS required - Approved
- Received
- 18 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 18 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 9 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Mendlesham
- Parish
- Mendlesham
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- IP14 5TE
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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18 Nov 2025
Received by Babergh
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9 Mar 2026
Decision issued: Formal Approval IS required - Approved
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9 Aug 2026
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Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Agent on file, registered in Mildenhall
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Babergh granted permission on 9 March 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. 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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