Planning application
Barn G Moat Farm Lower Street Baylham IP6 8JW
Works: Extension Several homes
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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 Buildings on Agricultural Units and former Agricultural Buildings to Dwellinghouses (C3) which may include extension of the building and/or building operations reasonably necessary for the conversion. Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development)(England) Order 2015 as amended Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q. Conversion of Barn G to 3no. dwellings
As published by the council, reference DC/26/00614
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/00614
- Type
- Prior Approval Agricultural to Dwell
- Status
- Granted
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 13 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 13 Feb 2026
- Decided
- 9 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Needham Market
- Parish
- Baylham
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- IP6 8JW
Site history
Applications at this address on the Mid Suffolk register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 1 refused.
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DC/25/04605 Refused
Barn G Moat Farm Lower Street Baylham IP6 8JW
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 - Change of use of Barn G to 3no. residential dwellings
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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13 Feb 2026
Received by Mid Suffolk
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9 Apr 2026
Decision issued: Granted
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9 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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
283 applications on PlanIndex · across 10 councils · 86% granted
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See their track recordBrinkley Applicant, registered in Birmingham
Dissolved · incorporated 2021 · Birmingham
6 applications on PlanIndex · across 2 councils
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
16 documents on file for this application
- PA AGRICULTURAL TO DWELLING - APPROVE
- OFFICER DELEGATED REPORT
- HIGHWAYS COMMENTS
- ECOLOGY RESPONSE
- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION: NOISE/ODOUR/LIGHT/SMOKE
- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION: LAND CONTAMINATION
- APPLICATION FORM
- NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT MOAT FARM BAYLHAM
- PHASE 1 LAND CONTAMINATION REPORT
- STRUCTURAL REPORT BARN G MOAT FARM BAYLHAM
- EXISTING PLANS AND ELEVATIONS PW1401 PL15
- ECOLOGICAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- PROPOSED PLANS AND ELEVATIONS PW1401 PL16
- SITE LOCATION PLAN PW1401 PL22A
- VEHICULAR ACCESS VISIBILITY SPLAYS PW1401 PL26
- PLANNING STATEMENT JAN 2026
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Mid Suffolk granted permission on 9 April 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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Barn G Moat Farm Lower Street Baylham IP6 8JW
Application to determine if Prior Approval is required for a proposed Change of Use of Buildings on Agricultural Units and former Agricultural Buildings to Dwellinghouses (C3) which may include extension of the building and/or building operations reasonably necessary for the conversion. Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development)(England) Order 2015 as amended Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q. Conversion of Barn G to 3no. dwellings
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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 - Change of use of Barn G to 3no. residential dwellings
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