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First Floor Flat (The Beauty Rooms) 13 Meadows Way Hadleigh Ipswich Suffolk IP7 5DX

Refused Mid Suffolk DC/25/03818 Prior Approval Commercial to dwelling

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 from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA - Change of use of premises from beauty salon to form 1no. dwelling.

As published by the council, reference DC/25/03818

Application record

Reference
DC/25/03818
Type
Prior Approval Commercial to dwelling
Status
Refused
Decision
Refused As published: Formal Approval IS required - Refused
Received
28 Aug 2025
Validated
1 Sep 2025
Decided
24 Oct 2025
Ward
Hadleigh South
Parish
Hadleigh
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
IP7 5DX

Site history

Applications at this address on the Mid Suffolk register

This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 1 refused.

  • DC/25/05281 Granted

    First Floor Flat (The Beauty Rooms) 13 Meadows Way Hadleigh Ipswich Suffolk IP7 5DX

    Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA - Change of use of premises from beauty salon to form 1no. dwelling.

    Decided 8 Jan 2026 Prior approval

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 28 Aug 2025

    Received by Mid Suffolk

  2. 1 Sep 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 24 Oct 2025

    Decision issued: Formal Approval IS required - Refused

  4. 9 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Patrick Allen & Associates Ltd. Agent, registered in Ipswich

Active · incorporated 2003 · Ipswich

106 applications on PlanIndex · across 8 councils · 94% granted

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Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

8 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Mid Suffolk 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.

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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  • First Floor Flat (The Beauty Rooms) 13 Meadows Way Hadleigh Ipswich Suffolk IP7 5DX

    DC/25/05281 Submitted 1 Dec 2025 50 yards away

    Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA - Change of use of premises from beauty salon to form 1no. dwelling.

    Granted Prior approval 11 docs
    Domestic

  • First Floor Flat (The Beauty Rooms) 13 Meadows Way Hadleigh Ipswich Suffolk IP7 5DX

    DC/25/03818 Submitted 28 Aug 2025 50 yards away

    Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA - Change of use of premises from beauty salon to form 1no. dwelling.

    Refused Prior approval 8 docs
    Domestic

  • First Floor Flat (The Beauty Rooms) 13 Meadows Way Hadleigh Ipswich Suffolk IP7 5DX

    DC/25/05281 Submitted 1 Dec 2025 50 yards away

    Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA - Change of use of premises from beauty salon to form 1no. dwelling.

    Granted Prior approval 11 docs
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  • Land Rear Of 13 Meadows Way Hadleigh Suffolk

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  • 106 High Street Hadleigh Ipswich Suffolk IP7 5EL

    DC/17/02738 Submitted 6 Jun 2017 50 yards away

    Application for Listed Building Consent - Reduce height of front boundary wall to Meadows Way by seven courses (fifteen courses to corner) including, restoring existing coping to lowered wall.

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  • 106 High Street Hadleigh Ipswich Suffolk IP7 5EL

    DC/17/02738 Submitted 6 Jun 2017 50 yards away

    Application for Listed Building Consent - Reduce height of front boundary wall to Meadows Way by seven courses (fifteen courses to corner) including, restoring existing coping to lowered wall.

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