Planning application
Valley Farm Thorpe Green Lane Thorpe Morieux IP30 0PA
Works: Extension Several homes
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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 (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. Change of use of agricultural building to form 3no dwellinghouses.
As published by the council, reference DC/26/00455
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/00455
- Type
- Prior Approval Agricultural to Dwell
- Status
- Granted
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 4 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 5 Feb 2026
- Decided
- 30 Mar 2026
- Ward
- North Cosford
- Parish
- Thorpe Morieux
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- IP30 0PA
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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4 Feb 2026
Received by Babergh
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5 Feb 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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30 Mar 2026
Decision issued: Granted
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9 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Bidwells LLP Agent, registered in Cambridge
Active · incorporated 2009 · Cambridge
984 applications on PlanIndex · across 108 councils · 91% granted
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See their track recordStrutt & Parker (Farms) Ltd Applicant, registered in Chelmsford
Active · incorporated 1918 · Chelmsford
8 applications on PlanIndex · across 3 councils
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
34 documents on file for this application
- PA AGRICULTURAL TO DWELLING - APPROVE
- OFFICER DELEGATED REPORT
- PROPOSED SECTIONS JB106842-DR-A-2004-REV 3
- SECTION BEDROOMS JB106842-DR-A-2005 REV 1
- PROPOSED PLANS JB106842-DR-A-3002-REV 2
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS JB106842-DR-A-4002-REV 2
- FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT 4058-RE-03-26-01
- PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY RESPONSE
- LOCATION PLAN
- BLOCK PLAN PROPOSED
- AGENT RESPONSE TO PARISH COUNCIL COMMENTS
- THORPE MORIEUX PARISH COUNCIL RESPONSE
- ECOLOGY COMMENTS
- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION: LAND CONTAMINATION
- HIGHWAYS RESPONSE
- ENV. RESPONSE - NOISE/ODOUR/LIGHT/SMOKE
- APPLICATION FORM
- DAYTIME BAT ROOST ASSESSMENT
- STRUCTRAL SURVEY
- SITE LOCATION PLAN-JB106842-DR-A-0001-REV 4
- FARM PLAN
- EXISTING BLOCK -REV 1- ROOF PLAN-JB106842-DR-A-0002
- PROPOSED BLOCK JB106842-DR-A-0003 REV 4
- EXISTING SECTIONS-JB106842-DR-A-2003-REV 1
- PROPOSED SECTIONS-JB106842-DR-A-2004-REV 2
- EXISTING PLANS JB106842-DR-A-3001-REV 1
- PROPOSED PLANS-JB106842-DR-A-3002-REV 1
- EXISTING ELEVATIONS JB106842-DR-A-4001-REV 1
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS JB106842-DR-A-4002-REV 1
- TRANSPORT TECHNICAL NOTE
- LETTER STATEMENT
- PROPOSED BLOCK PLAN JB106842-DR-A-0003
- LAND CONTAMINATION REPORT PART 1
- LAND CONTAMINATION REPORT PART 2
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Babergh granted permission on 30 March 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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