Church Farm Church Road Old Newton Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4PH

This site has had 5 applications since 2026: 4 approved, 1 refused.

• DC/26/02807 Granted

  Church Farm Church Road Old Newton Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4PH

  Householder Application - Retention of a timber post-and-beam outbuilding with 26 no. integrated matt-black photovoltaic (PV) panels and ancillary storage/log store

  Decided 12 Aug 2026 Householder
• DC/26/02577 Granted

  Church Farm Church Road Old Newton Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4PH

  Householder Application - Removal of external oil-fired combi boiler and associated bunded oil storage tank, and installation of Air Source Heat Pump (ASHP) in location of oil storage tank, utilising existing concrete pad.

  Decided 12 Aug 2026 Householder
• DC/26/02578 Granted

  Church Farm Church Road Old Newton Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4PH

  Application for Listed Building Consent - Removal of external oil-fired combi boiler and associated bunded oil storage tank, and installation of Air Source Heat Pump (ASHP) in location of oil storage tank, utilising existing concrete pad.

  Decided 12 Aug 2026 Heritage and listed buildings
• DC/26/00291 Granted

  Church Farm Church Road Old Newton Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4PH

  Application for Listed Building Consent - Minor internal and external alterations to a curtilage-listed outbuilding, including removal of some later modern internal partitions and domestic fittings, reinstatement of a simplified internal layout, and small external changes affecting modern fabric only, to ensure the building continues to function in a non-habitable capacity incidental to the enjoyment of Church Farm.

  Decided 20 Mar 2026 Heritage and listed buildings

1. 9 Mar 2026

   Received by Babergh

2. 18 Mar 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 23 Apr 2026

   Decision issued: Was Not Lawful

4. 9 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

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.

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.

• Church Farm Church Road Old Newton Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4PH

  DC/26/00979 Submitted 9 Mar 2026 50 yards away

  Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for a Proposed Use or Development. Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) -The proposal is to create a shed and log store outbuilding with a black metal sheet roof - the shed will be 6x3m of simple timber weather-boarded construction on shallow slab, with adjacent covered area/log store with compacted type1/gravel base, enclosed by black-stained slatted and weatherboarded elevations.

  Refused Lawful development 5 docs
  Small domestic

• Church Farm Church Road Old Newton Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4PH

  DC/26/02807 Submitted 1 Jul 2026 50 yards away

  Householder Application - Retention of a timber post-and-beam outbuilding with 26 no. integrated matt-black photovoltaic (PV) panels and ancillary storage/log store

  Granted Householder 14 docs
  Small domestic

• Church Farm Church Road Old Newton Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4PH

  DC/26/02807 Submitted 1 Jul 2026 50 yards away

  Householder Application - Retention of a timber post-and-beam outbuilding with 26 no. integrated matt-black photovoltaic (PV) panels and ancillary storage/log store

  Granted Householder 14 docs
  Small domestic

• Church Farm Church Road Old Newton Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4PH

  DC/26/00291 Submitted 26 Jan 2026 50 yards away

  Application for Listed Building Consent - Minor internal and external alterations to a curtilage-listed outbuilding, including removal of some later modern internal partitions and domestic fittings, reinstatement of a simplified internal layout, and small external changes affecting modern fabric only, to ensure the building continues to function in a non-habitable capacity incidental to the enjoyment of Church Farm.

  Granted Heritage and listed buildings 10 docs

• Church Farm Church Road Old Newton Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4PH

  DC/26/00291 Submitted 26 Jan 2026 50 yards away

  96% historically approved · decision due ~24 Mar

  Application for Listed Building Consent - Minor internal and external alterations to a curtilage-listed outbuilding, including removal of some later modern internal partitions and domestic fittings, reinstatement of a simplified internal layout, and small external changes affecting modern fabric only, to ensure the building continues to function in a non-habitable capacity incidental to the enjoyment of Church Farm.

  Awaiting decision Heritage and listed buildings 7 docs

• Church Farm Church Road Old Newton Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4PH

  DC/26/02577 Submitted 17 Jun 2026 50 yards away

  Householder Application - Removal of external oil-fired combi boiler and associated bunded oil storage tank, and installation of Air Source Heat Pump (ASHP) in location of oil storage tank, utilising existing concrete pad.

  Granted Householder 11 docs
  Domestic

• DC/26/01935 Granted

  Chesford Hill House Lane Needham Market Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8EA

  Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for a Proposed Use or Development - Conversion of existing loft space to habitable accommodation

  Received 6 May, published by the council 24 Jul 2026 Lawful development
• DC/26/03732 Granted

  5 The Limes Long Melford Sudbury Suffolk CO10 9SX

  Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for a Proposed Use or Development - Multi-functional use of a single room within the dwelling as a family hobby room, home gym, and private reflexology business including internal alterations.

  Received 1 Sep, published by the council 7 Sep 2026 Lawful development
• DC/26/04154 Awaiting decision

  Land To The South And East Of Bullen Lane Bullen Lane Bramford

  Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for a Proposed Use or Development - Installation by a statutory undertaker of an electricity connection cable by horizontal directional drill at a depth of 7000mm from the Care Power (Bramford) Limited Battery Energy Storage System Site to the National Grid Bramford Substation.

  Received 23 Sep, published by the council 4 Oct 2026 Lawful development
• DC/26/03042 Granted

  Barn At Thorpe Hall Thorpe Lane Ashfield Cum Thorpe Suffolk

  Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for an Existing Use or Operation or Activity including those in breach of a Planning Condition - Confirmation that Planning Permission 3057/10 (Conversion of redundant barn to form a residential dwelling) was lawfully commenced and therefore extant

  Received 15 Jul, published by the council 24 Jul 2026 Lawful development
• DC/26/03207 Granted

  Container Storage Tothill Services Tot Hill Haughley IP14 3QQ

  Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for an existing use. Existing containers and storage business.

  Received 24 Jul, published by the council 31 Jul 2026 Lawful development