Planning application
Building East Of Haggars Mead Forward Green Earl Stonham IP14 5JA
Works: Extension Domestic
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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 agricultural building into 1no dwelling.
As published by the council, reference DC/26/02088
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/02088
- Type
- Prior Approval Agricultural to Dwell
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 15 May 2026
- Validated
- 18 May 2026
- Ward
- Stonham
- Parish
- Earl Stonham
- Postcode
- IP14 5JA
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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15 May 2026
Received by Mid Suffolk
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18 May 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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24 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 13 July 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Mid Suffolk took a median of 52 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Ben Elvin Planning Consultancy Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Stowmarket
Active · incorporated 2017 · Stowmarket
145 applications on PlanIndex · across 14 councils · 75% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
16 documents on file for this application
- PRELIMINARY RISK ASSESSMENT
- ECOLOGY COMMENTS
- PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL AND PRELIMINARY ROOST ASSESSMENT
- ECOLOGY RESPONSE
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH (LAND CONTAMINATION) RESPONSE
- EARL STONHAM PARISH CLERK RESPONSE
- MINERALS AND WASTE RESPONSE
- HIGHWAYS RESPONSE
- ENV RESPONSE NOISE ODOUR LIGHT AND SMOKE
- APPLICATION FORM
- EXISTING PLANS & ELEVS 2196.25.01
- PROPOSED PLANS AND ELEVATIONS 2196.25.02A
- FLOOD MAP FOR PLANNING
- LAND CONTAMINATION REPORT
- PRELIMINARY BAT ROOST ASSESSMENT AND ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL
- PLANNING STATEMENT
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Mid Suffolk for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Mid Suffolk decided prior approval applications in a median of 54 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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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