Planning application
Barn Adjacent To Gables Farm Gosbeck Road Helmingham IP14 6EP
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 Gables Barn to 2no. dwellings
As published by the council, reference DC/26/00234
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/00234
- Type
- Prior Approval Agricultural to Dwell
- Status
- Granted
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 21 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 21 Jan 2026
- Decided
- 1 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Stonham
- Parish
- Helmingham
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- IP14 6EP
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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21 Jan 2026
Received by Mid Suffolk
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1 Jun 2026
Decision issued: Granted
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24 Jul 2026
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Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Peter Wells Architects Limited Agent, an architecture practice registered in Woodbridge
Active · incorporated 2012 · Woodbridge
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
20 documents on file for this application
- PA AGRICULTURAL TO DWELLING - APPROVE
- OFFICER DELEGATED REPORT
- STRUCTURAL REPORT
- SCC HIGHWAYS RESPONSE
- CONSULTEE COMMENT SUBMITTED ONLINE
- ECOLOGY COMMENTS
- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION: LAND CONTAMINATION
- PROPOSED PLANS AND ELEVATIONS
- REVISED APPLICATION FORM PAGE 1
- HIGHWAYS RESPONSE
- ENV RESPONSE NOISE ODOUR LIGHT AND SMOKE
- SCC FIRE AND RESCUE RESPONSE
- SCC FIRE AND RESCUE RESPONSE
- APPLICATION FORM
- PLANNING STATEMENT
- PHASE 1 LAND CONTAMINATION ASSESSMENT
- LAND CONTAMINATION QUESTIONNAIRE PW1543
- ECOLOGICAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- LOCATION PLAN, EXISTING PLANS AND ELEVATIONS PW1543_PL01
- PROPOSED PLANS AND ELEVATIONS PW1543_PL02
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Mid Suffolk granted permission on 1 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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