Planning application
Barn 2 Adjacent To Lavender Barn Fenstead End Boxted Suffolk
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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
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 15 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 16 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Chadacre
- Parish
- Boxted
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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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 10 September 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 48 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Agent on file, a planning consultancy registered in Bury St Edmunds
170 applications on PlanIndex · across 10 councils · 98% granted
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See who's behind itDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
15 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 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 55 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.
Nearby applications
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Barn 2 Adjacent To Lavender Barn Fenstead End Boxted Suffolk
76% historically approved · decision due ~10 Sep
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.
Awaiting decision Prior approval 15 docsDomestic -
Barn 1 Adjacent To Lavender Barn Fenstead End Boxted Suffolk
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 1 to create 1 dwellinghouse, together with the provision of 3 parking spaces and external amenity space.
Granted Prior approval 17 docsDomestic -
Barn 1 Adjacent To Lavender Barn Fenstead End Boxted Suffolk
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 1 to create 1 dwellinghouse, together with the provision of 3 parking spaces and external amenity space.
Granted Prior approval 17 docsDomestic
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