Planning application
Mount Pleasant Farm Bildeston Road Offton IP8 4RP
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 (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 2no barns to 3no dwellings.
As published by the council, reference DC/25/05448
Application record
- Reference
- DC/25/05448
- Type
- Prior Approval Agricultural to Dwell
- Status
- Granted
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 12 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 15 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 30 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Battisford & Ringshall
- Parish
- Offton
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- IP8 4RP
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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12 Dec 2025
Received by Babergh
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15 Dec 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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30 Apr 2026
Decision issued: Granted
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9 Aug 2026
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Who's behind it
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Wincer Kievenaar Architects Ltd Agent, an architecture practice registered in Ipswich
Active · incorporated 2015 · Ipswich
203 applications on PlanIndex · across 8 councils · 97% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
26 documents on file for this application
- PA AGRICULTURAL TO DWELLING - APPROVE
- OFFICER DELEGATED REPORT
- ECOLOGY RESPONSE
- GREAT CRESTED NEWT LICENSING IMPACT ASSESSMENT & CONSERVATION PAYMENT CERTIFICAT
- ECOLOGY RESPONSE
- SLR LETTER RESPONSE TO LPA ECOLOGIST COMMENTS
- ENV RESPONSE LAND CONTAMINATION
- ECOLOGY RESPONSE
- HIGHWAYS RESPONSE
- ENV. RESPONSE - NOISE/ODOUR/LIGHT/SMOKE
- PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY RESPONSE
- APPLICATION FORM
- SITE_LOCATION PLAN 6106_PA_01_A
- _EXISTING SITE PLAN 6106_PA_02_A
- _PROPOSED SITE PLAN 6106_PA_03_B
- PROPOSED PLOT PLANS 6106_PA_04
- EAST BARN - EXISTING PLAN AND ELEVATIONS 6106_PA_05
- EAST BARN - PROPOSED PLANS AND ELEVATIONS 6106_PA_06_A
- WEST BARN - EXISTING/PROPOSED PLANS AND ELEVATIONS 6106_PA_07
- STRUCTURAL SURVEY - EASTERN BARN
- STRUCTURAL SURVEY - WESTERN BARN
- ECOLOGY REPORT PRA AND GCN RISK ASSESSMENT
- VISIBILITY SPLAY 6106_PA_08
- PHASE 1 CONTAMINATED LAND ASSESSMENT
- PLANNING DESIGN+ACCESS STATEMENT
- HERITAGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Babergh granted permission on 30 April 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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