Planning application
Barn 4 At Hall Farm Barns Church Lane Stonham Parva Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 5JL
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 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 former agricultural Barn to two dwellings
As published by the council, reference DC/26/01225
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/01225
- Type
- Prior Approval Agricultural to Dwell
- Status
- Granted
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 20 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 25 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 20 May 2026
- Ward
- Stonham
- Parish
- Stonham Parva
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- IP14 5JL
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/25/05586 Refused
Barn 4 At Hall Farm Barns Church Lane Stonham Parva Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 5JL
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 former agricultural Barn to two dwellings
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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20 Mar 2026
Received by Mid Suffolk
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25 Mar 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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20 May 2026
Decision issued: Granted
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24 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Application: DC/25/05586 (Refused)
Who's behind it
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Hollins Architects & Surveyors Agent, an architecture practice
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
31 documents on file for this application
- PA COMMMERCIAL TO DWELL - APPROVE
- OFFICER DELEGATED REPORT
- STONHAM PARVA PARISH CLERK RESPONSE
- PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL
- REPTILE SURVEY REPORT
- BAT HIBERNATION SURVEY
- GREAT CRESTED NEWT EDNA SURVEY REPORT
- TOP UP BAT SURVEY REPORT
- SUFFOLK FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE RESPONSE
- ECOLOGY RESPONSE
- ENV RESPONSE LAND CONTAMINATION
- HIGHWAYS RESPONSE
- HERITAGE RESPONSE
- OBJECTION COMMENT
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH (NOISE/ODOUR/LIGHT/SMOKE) RESPONSE
- SITE LOCATION PLAN 24-010-017
- APPLICATION FORM
- ATHENA STRAW BARN STRUCTURAL REPORT
- EXISTING BLOCK PLAN 24-010-002B
- EXISTING PLANS SHEET 2 24-010-004A
- EXISTING ELEVATIONS BARN 4 24-010-008C
- CLASS Q BLOCK PLAN 24-010-199B
- 24-010 FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT
- PRELIM ECOLOGY HALL FARM CHURCH PRACTICAL ECOLOGYV1 AUG23
- HALL FARM LITTLE STONHAM BAT REPORT V2 DEC23
- L230822 HALL FARM DNA ANALYSIS LETTER REPORT
- PROPOSED BARN 4 PLANS 24-010-235D
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS BARN 4 24-010-236D
- CONTAMINATION REPORT - HALL FARM BARNS LITTLE STONHAM - JAN 2024_COMPRESSED
- BNG REPORT HALL FARM LITTLE STONHAM BNG FINAL V2
- TREE REPORT - HALL FARM BARNS
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Mid Suffolk granted permission on 20 May 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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