Planning application
First Floor Flat (The Beauty Rooms) 13 Meadows Way Hadleigh Ipswich Suffolk IP7 5DX
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 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/25/05281
Application record
- Reference
- DC/25/05281
- Type
- Prior Approval Commercial to dwelling
- Status
- Granted
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 1 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 3 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 8 Jan 2026
- 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/25/03818 Refused
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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1 Dec 2025
Received by Babergh
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3 Dec 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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8 Jan 2026
Decision issued: Granted
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9 Aug 2026
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Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Patrick Allen & Associates Ltd. Agent, registered in Ipswich
Active · incorporated 2003 · Ipswich
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
11 documents on file for this application
- PA COMMMERCIAL TO DWELL - APPROVE
- OFFICER DELEGATED REPORT
- FIRE AND RESCUE RESPONSE
- FIRE AND RESCUE SPRINKLER LETTER
- ENV. RESPONSE- LAND CONTAMINATION
- SCC HIGHWAYS RESPONSE
- ENV. RESPONSE - NOISE/ODOUR/LIGHT/SMOKE
- SITE LOCATION PLAN 4634-01
- EXISTING PLANS AND ELEVATIONS 4634-02
- PROPOSED.PLANS AND ELEVATIONS 4634-03
- APPLICATION FORM
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Babergh granted permission on 8 January 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.
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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