Planning application
Barn 1 Adjacent To Lavender Barn Fenstead End Boxted Suffolk
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 Barn 1 to create 1 dwellinghouse, together with the provision of 3 parking spaces and external amenity space.
As published by the council, reference DC/26/02656
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/02656
- Type
- Prior Approval Agricultural to Dwell
- Status
- Granted
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 22 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 23 Jun 2026
- Decided
- 14 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Chadacre
- Parish
- Boxted
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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22 Jun 2026
Received by Babergh
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23 Jun 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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24 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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14 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Granted
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Evolution Town Planning Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Bury St Edmunds
Active · incorporated 2017 · Bury St Edmunds
175 applications on PlanIndex · across 11 councils · 98% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
17 documents on file for this application
- PA AGRICULTURAL TO DWELLING - APPROVE
- OFFICER DELEGATED REPORT
- FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT
- ENV RESPONSE LAND CONTAMINATION
- PLACE SERVICES ECOLOGY COMMENTS
- HIGHWAYS RESPONSE
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL OFFICER RESPONSE
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH - NOISE/ODOUR/LIGHT/SMOKE RESPONSE
- APPLICATION FORM
- PROPOSED PLANS SECTION AND ELEVATIONS - 23023-07 REVB
- COVERING LETTER - E996.C1.LET03
- PLANNING STATEMENT - E996.C1.REP03
- CLASS Q SURVEY AND STRUCTURAL ASSESSMENT REF 26-104 - MARCH 2026
- PHASE 1 ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT REF 3966 - SEPTEMBER 2023
- ECOLOGY REPORT - MAY 2026
- EXISTING PLANS SECTION AND ELEVATIONS - 23023-05
- LOCATION PLAN 22023-01 REVA
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Babergh granted permission on 14 August 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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