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Mount Pleasant Farm Bildeston Road Offton IP8 4RP

Granted Babergh DC/25/05448 Prior Approval Agricultural to Dwell

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

  1. 12 Dec 2025

    Received by Babergh

  2. 15 Dec 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 30 Apr 2026

    Decision issued: Granted

  4. 9 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Wincer Kievenaar Architects Ltd Agent, an architecture practice registered in Ipswich

Active · incorporated 2015 · Ipswich

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Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

26 documents on file for this application

  • PA AGRICULTURAL TO DWELLING - APPROVE Decision · 30 Apr 2026
  • OFFICER DELEGATED REPORT Officer Delegated Report · 30 Apr 2026
  • ECOLOGY RESPONSE Consultee Comment · 29 Apr 2026
  • GREAT CRESTED NEWT LICENSING IMPACT ASSESSMENT & CONSERVATION PAYMENT CERTIFICAT Report · 09 Apr 2026
  • ECOLOGY RESPONSE Consultee Comment · 16 Feb 2026
  • SLR LETTER RESPONSE TO LPA ECOLOGIST COMMENTS Additional Information · 21 Jan 2026
  • ENV RESPONSE LAND CONTAMINATION Consultee Comment · 15 Jan 2026
  • ECOLOGY RESPONSE Consultee Comment · 09 Jan 2026
  • HIGHWAYS RESPONSE Consultee Comment · 05 Jan 2026
  • ENV. RESPONSE - NOISE/ODOUR/LIGHT/SMOKE Consultee Comment · 23 Dec 2025
  • PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY RESPONSE Consultee Comment · 17 Dec 2025
  • APPLICATION FORM Application Form · 12 Dec 2025
  • SITE_LOCATION PLAN 6106_PA_01_A Drawing · 12 Dec 2025
  • _EXISTING SITE PLAN 6106_PA_02_A Drawing · 12 Dec 2025
  • _PROPOSED SITE PLAN 6106_PA_03_B Drawing · 12 Dec 2025
  • PROPOSED PLOT PLANS 6106_PA_04 Drawing · 12 Dec 2025
  • EAST BARN - EXISTING PLAN AND ELEVATIONS 6106_PA_05 Drawing · 12 Dec 2025
  • EAST BARN - PROPOSED PLANS AND ELEVATIONS 6106_PA_06_A Drawing · 12 Dec 2025
  • WEST BARN - EXISTING/PROPOSED PLANS AND ELEVATIONS 6106_PA_07 Drawing · 12 Dec 2025
  • STRUCTURAL SURVEY - EASTERN BARN Report · 12 Dec 2025
  • STRUCTURAL SURVEY - WESTERN BARN Report · 12 Dec 2025
  • ECOLOGY REPORT PRA AND GCN RISK ASSESSMENT Report · 12 Dec 2025
  • VISIBILITY SPLAY 6106_PA_08 Drawing · 12 Dec 2025
  • PHASE 1 CONTAMINATED LAND ASSESSMENT Report · 12 Dec 2025
  • PLANNING DESIGN+ACCESS STATEMENT Report · 12 Dec 2025
  • HERITAGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT Report · 12 Dec 2025

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What 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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