Planning application
Barn 2 Adjacent To Lavender Barn Fenstead End Boxted Suffolk
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 Barn to create 1 dwellinghouse, together with the provision of 2 parking spaces and external amenity space.
As published by the council, reference DC/26/03033
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/03033
- Type
- Prior Approval Agricultural to Dwell
- Status
- Granted
- Decision
- Granted As published: Formal Approval IS required - Approved
- Received
- 15 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 16 Jul 2026
- Decided
- 16 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Chadacre
- Parish
- Boxted
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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15 Jul 2026
Received by Mid Suffolk
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16 Jul 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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24 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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16 Sep 2026
Decision issued: Formal Approval IS required - Approved
Who's behind it
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Evolution Town Planning Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Bury St Edmunds
Active · incorporated 2017 · Bury St Edmunds
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18 documents on file for this application
- ECOLOGY RESPONSE
- PROPOSED PLANS SECTION AND ELEVATIONS
- FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT
- ARCHAEOLOGY RESPONSE
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH - NOISE/ODOUR/LIGHT/SMOKE RESPONSE
- HIGHWAYS RESPONSE
- APPLICATION FORM
- COVERING LETTER - E996.C1.LET04
- PLANNING STATEMENT - E996.C1.REP04 - BARN 2
- CLASS Q SURVEY AND STRUCTURAL ASSESSMENT REF 26-104 V1 - MARCH 2026
- PHASE 1 ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT REF 3966 V1 - SEPTEMBER 2023
- ECOLOGY REPORT - JULY 2026
- LOCATION PLAN - 22023 02 REV A
- EXISTING PLANS SECTION AND ELEVATIONS - 23023-06
- PROPOSED PLANS SECTION AND ELEVATIONS - 23023-08
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Mid Suffolk granted permission on 16 September 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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