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Barn 1 Sparks Farm Hurdle Drove West Row Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP28 8RF

Refused West Suffolk DC/24/1517/P3QPA Prior Approval Agriculture to dwellings

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Prior Approval Application under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment and Consequential Provisions) (England) Order 2015 - change of use from agricultural building to dwellinghouse (class C3) to create four dwellings

As published by the council, reference DC/24/1517/P3QPA

Application record

Reference
DC/24/1517/P3QPA
Type
Prior Approval Agriculture to dwellings
Status
Decided
Decision
Refuse application
Received
14 Oct 2024
Validated
6 Nov 2024
Decided
23 Dec 2024
Ward
The Rows
Parish
West Row
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
IP28 8RF

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 14 Oct 2024

    Received by West Suffolk

  2. 6 Nov 2024

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 23 Dec 2024

    Decision issued: Refuse application

  4. 7 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

32 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

West Suffolk refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. 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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