Planning application
Newton Meadow Land Adj. Oaklyn Fingal Street Worlingworth IP13 7HR
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 an agricultural building to 3no. dwellinghouses
As published by the council, reference DC/26/01920
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/01920
- Type
- Prior Approval Agricultural to Dwell
- Status
- Granted
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 5 May 2026
- Validated
- 5 May 2026
- Decided
- 26 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Hoxne & Worlingworth
- Parish
- Worlingworth
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- IP13 7HR
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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5 May 2026
Received by Babergh
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26 Jun 2026
Decision issued: Granted
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24 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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DC/26/03698 Awaiting decision
Newton Meadow Adj Oaklyn Fingal Street Worlingworth Suffolk
Full Planning Application - Demolition and replacement of existing agricultural barns (benefit of Class Q prior approval ref: DC/26/01920) with single dwellinghouse incorporating ancillary residential annex and associated landscaping and parking.
Who's behind it
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Modece Architects Limited Agent, an architecture practice registered in Ipswich
Active · incorporated 2016 · Ipswich
43 applications on PlanIndex · across 3 councils · 100% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
22 documents on file for this application
- OFFICER DELEGATED REPORT
- PA AGRICULTURAL TO DWELLING - APPROVE
- SCC FIRE AND RESCUE RESPONSE
- ECOLOGY RESPONSE
- ENV RESPONSE LAND CONTAMINATION
- WORLINGWORTH PARISH CLERK RESPONSE
- HIGHWAYS RESPONSE
- ENV RESPONSE NOISE ODOUR LIGHT AND SMOKE
- APPLICATION FORM
- SITE LOCATION AND PROPOSED BLOCK PLANS 2332_003
- EXISTING PLAN 2332_100
- PROPOSED PLAN 2332_101
- PROPOSED PLANS 2332_102
- EXISTING ELEVATIONS 2332_200
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS 2332_201
- CLASS Q PLANNING STATEMENT
- CONTAMINATION PHASE I DESK STUDY
- STRUCTURAL REPORT
- ECOLOGY REPORT
- GREAT CRESTED NEWT REPORT
- TREE PROTECTION PLAN LS2253-01
- NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT_AG519 REPORT V1
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Babergh granted permission on 26 June 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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