Planning application
Dagworth Farm Silver Street Old Newton Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4HF
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Application for Prior Approval 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 agricultural building to 1no. dwellinghouse
As published by the council, reference DC/26/02745
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/02745
- Type
- Prior Approval Agricultural to Dwell
- Status
- Granted
- Decision
- Formal Approval IS required - Approved
- Received
- 26 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 26 Jun 2026
- Decided
- 28 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Haughley, Stowupland & Wetherden
- Parish
- Old Newton With Dagworth
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- IP14 4HF
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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26 Jun 2026
Received by Babergh
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24 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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28 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Formal Approval IS required - Approved
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
23 documents on file for this application
- OFFICER DELEGATED REPORT
- PA AGRICULTURAL TO DWELLING - APPROVE
- HIGHWAYS RESPONSE
- HIGHWAYS RESPONSE
- ENV. RESPONSE - LAND CONTAMINATION
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH NOISE ODOUR LIGHT SMOKE REVISED COMMENTS
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH NOISE ODOUR LIGHT SMOKE REVISED COMMENTS 2
- REVISED ECOLOGY REPORT DAGWORTHFMCLASSQ/2026/ER/01 1.2
- RESPONSE TO CONSULTEE COMMENTS THUS FAR
- ECOLOGY RESPONSE
- OLD NEWTON WITH DAGWORTH AND GIPPING PARISH RESPONSE
- SCC HIGHWAYS RESPONSE
- SITE AND BLOCK PLAN 2522_002_A
- APPLICATION FORM
- SITE LOCATION PLAN AND EXISTING BLOCK PLAN 2522_001
- EXISTING PLANS AND ELEVATIONS 2522_100
- PROPOSED PLANS AND ELEVATIONS 2522_101
- PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN 2522_102_
- STRUCTURAL APPRAISAL REPORT
- PLANNING STATEMENT
- TRAFFIC REPORT
- FLOOD-MAP-PLANNING-
- GEO-ENVIRONMENTAL DESK STUDY REPORT
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Babergh granted permission on 28 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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