Planning application
Barn B Eastlands Farm Eastlands Lane Finningham IP14 4HX
Works: Extension Several homes
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Proposal
Application to determine if Prior Approval is required for a proposed Change of Use of Agricultural Buildings on Agricultural Units and former Agricultural Buildings to Dwellinghouses (C3) which may include extension of the building and/or 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 1no agricultural building into 3no dwellings
As published by the council, reference DC/26/04003
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/04003
- Type
- Prior Approval Agricultural to Dwell
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 15 Sep 2026
- Validated
- 16 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Bacton
- Parish
- Finningham
- Postcode
- IP14 4HX
Comment by 7 October 2026
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Timeline
Dates from the published record
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15 Sep 2026
Received by Mid Suffolk
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16 Sep 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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22 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 11 November 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 50 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
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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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
14 documents on file for this application
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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.
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