Planning application
Brambles Barn Nettlestead Road Baylham Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8JU
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 - Existing Agricultural barn to be converted to dwelling. The barn is located at the top of an existing track that services Brambles Barn, an existing dwelling to the North of the proposed site.
As published by the council, reference DC/25/05562
Application record
- Reference
- DC/25/05562
- Type
- Prior Approval Agricultural to Dwell
- Status
- Granted
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 22 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 22 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 3 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Needham Market
- Parish
- Baylham
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- IP6 8JU
Site history
Applications at this address on the Babergh register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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DC/25/05563 Granted
Brambles Barn Nettlestead Road Baylham Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8JU
Full Planning Application - Conversion and extension of existing agricultural barn to dwelling.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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22 Dec 2025
Received by Babergh
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3 Feb 2026
Decision issued: Granted
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9 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
29 documents on file for this application
- PA AGRICULTURAL TO DWELLING - APPROVE
- OFFICER DELEGATED REPORT
- ECOLOGIST RESPONSE
- ENV. RESPONSE LAND CONTAMINATION
- HIGHWAYS RESPONSE
- ENV RESPONSE NOISE ODOUR LIGHT AND SMOKE
- FIRE AND RESCUE RESPONSE
- FIRE AND RESCUE SPRINKLER LETTER
- APPLICATION FORM
- ENVIROCHECK - BARN_SOUTH_OF_BB_EC_A_CONTEXT
- ENVIROCHECK - BARN_SOUTH_OF_BB_EC_A_DATASHEET
- ENVIROCHECK - BARN_SOUTH_OF_BB_EC_A_HISTSLICE10000
- ENVIROCHECK - BARN_SOUTH_OF_BB_EC_A_SITESENSEG2500
- ENVIROCHECK - BARN_SOUTH_OF_BB_EC_A_SITESENSLICE10000
- ENVIROCHECK - BARN_SOUTH_OF_BB_EC_A_SITESENSLICE10000_SOIL_GEOCHEMISTRY
- ENVIROCHECK - BARN_SOUTH_OF_BB_EC_A13_HISTSEG2500
- ENVIROCHECK - BARN_SOUTH_OF_BB_EC_INDEX
- LAND-CONTAMINATION-QUESTIONNAIRE
- 2025.10.09 PLANNING APPLICATION STRUCTURAL STATEMENT
- ATTIC TYPE- SIGNED B19435D REV A
- ECOLOGY REPORT CLASS Q REPORT BRAMBLES BARN BAYLHAM OCT 2025
- EXISTING BLOCK PLAN B
- EXISTING DETAILED SECTION
- EXISTING PLANS AND ELEVATIONS
- NA15-032 DRAFT CALCULATIONS AND SKETCHES
- PROPOSED BLOCK PLAN B
- PROPOSED PLANS AND ELEVATIONS B
- SITE LOCATION PLAN B
- SUPPORTING STATEMENT B
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Babergh granted permission on 3 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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