Planning application
Peartree Farm Main Road Shotley Ipswich Suffolk IP9 1EY
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
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 storage barn to 1No. dwelling.
As published by the council, reference DC/26/03169
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/03169
- Type
- Prior Approval Agricultural to Dwell
- Status
- Refused
- Decision
- Refused As published: Formal Approval IS required - Refused
- Received
- 22 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 22 Jul 2026
- Decided
- 15 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Ganges
- Parish
- Shotley
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- IP9 1EY
Site history
Applications at this address on the Babergh register
This site has had 2 applications since 2017: 1 approved, 1 refused.
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DC/17/04524 Granted
Peartree Farm Main Road Shotley Ipswich Suffolk IP9 1EY
Planning Application - Use of land for stationing log cabin for occupation by agricultural worker
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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22 Jul 2026
Received by Babergh
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2 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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15 Sep 2026
Decision issued: Formal Approval IS required - Refused
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
17 documents on file for this application
- ECOLOGY RESPONSE
- ECOLOGY RESPONSE - HRA RECORD
- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION: NOISE/ODOUR/LIGHT/SMOKE RESPONSE
- HIGHWAYS RESPONSE
- APPLICATION FORM
- PROPOSED BLOCK PLAN CARLESS 03 BLOCK PLAN PTS-03
- PEAR TREE FARM PEA AND PRA
- PLANNING STATEMENT SHOTLEY CARLESS BARN Q
- KLARGESTER BIODISC DOMESTIC
- CONSTRUCTION METHOD STATEMENT
- EXISTING PLANS/ELEVATIONS CARLESS 01 PLAN ELE EXTG PTS-01
- PROPOSED PLANS/ELEVATIONS CARLESS 02 PLAN ELES PROPOSED PTS-02
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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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Hedgerow Removals Are Located Within The Eastern Hedgerow That Borders The B1456. Respective Grid References Are: TM 22217 36287, TM 22221 36263 And TM 22193 36358. Shotley IP9 1EY
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