Planning application
Stable Barn Thorne Court Shimpling Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 0JN
Works: Extension Domestic
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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 Buildings on Agricultural Units and former Agricultural Buildings to Dwellinghouses (Class C3), which may include extension of the building and/or 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 Stable Barn to 1no. dwellinghouse
As published by the council, reference DC/25/05339
Application record
- Reference
- DC/25/05339
- Type
- Prior Approval Agricultural to Dwell
- Status
- Granted
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 5 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 17 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 10 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Chadacre
- Parish
- Shimpling
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- IP30 0JN
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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5 Dec 2025
Received by Babergh
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17 Dec 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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10 Feb 2026
Decision issued: Granted
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9 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Who's behind it
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Whymark & Moulton Ltd Agent, registered in Sudbury
Active · incorporated 2002 · Sudbury
25 applications on PlanIndex · across 4 councils · 70% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
16 documents on file for this application
- PA AGRICULTURAL TO DWELLING - APPROVE
- OFFICER DELEGATED REPORT
- ECOLOGY COMMENTS
- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION: LAND CONTAMINATION
- PUBLIC COMMENT
- SCC FIRE AND RESCUE RESPONSE
- SCC FIRE AND RESCUE SPRINKLER LETTER
- ENV RESPONSE NOISE ODOUR LIGHT AND SMOKE
- HIGHWAYS RESPONSE
- APPLICATION FORM
- BAT SURVEY REPORT
- PLANNING STATEMENT
- SITE AND LOCATION 01
- EXISTING PLANS AND ELEVATIONS 02
- PROPOSED PLANS AND ELEVATIONS 03
- TIER 1 DESK STUDY REPORT
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Babergh granted permission on 10 February 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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