Planning application
Braes Farm Further Street Assington Sudbury Suffolk CO10 5LE
Works: Extension Several homes
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Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
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 - Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q - Conversion of 1no building to form 4no dwellings.
As published by the council, reference DC/26/00413
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/00413
- Type
- Prior Approval Agricultural to Dwell
- Status
- Refused
- Decision
- Formal Approval IS required - Refused
- Received
- 2 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 3 Feb 2026
- Decided
- 9 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Assington
- Parish
- Assington
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- CO10 5LE
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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2 Feb 2026
Received by Babergh
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3 Feb 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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9 Apr 2026
Decision issued: Formal Approval IS required - Refused
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9 Aug 2026
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Agent on file, registered in Bury St Edmunds
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24 documents on file for this application
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Babergh refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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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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