Planning application
Hectors Farm Elm Green Lane Bradfield St Clare Suffolk IP30 0BH
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
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 create one dwelling (class C3)
As published by the council, reference DC/26/0013/P3QPA
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/0013/P3QPA
- Type
- Prior Approval Agriculture to dwellings
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Prior approval required & granted
- Received
- 6 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 6 Jan 2026
- Decided
- 2 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Rougham
- Parish
- Bradfield St. Clare
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- IP30 0BH
Site history
Applications at this address on the West Suffolk register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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DC/26/0357/FUL Granted
Hectors Farm Elm Green Lane Bradfield St Clare Suffolk IP30 0BH
Planning application - change of use and conversion from agricultural building to one self-build dwelling
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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6 Jan 2026
Received by West Suffolk
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2 Mar 2026
Decision issued: Prior approval required & granted
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24 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
25 documents on file for this application
- DECISION - P3Q APPROVE PRIOR APPROVAL
- OFFICER REPORT
- PRIVATE SECTOR HOUSING AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH REPRESENTATION
- SCC PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY REPRESENTATION
- AMENDED - STRUCTURAL SURVEY
- SPRINKLER LETTER
- WATER OFFICER REPRESENTATION
- CONTAMINATED LAND AND AIR QUALITY CONSULTATION COMMENTS
- EXISTING ELEVATIONS AND FLOOR PLANS
- AMENDED - LOCATION PLAN
- AMENDED - EXISTING BLOCK PLAN
- AMENDED - PROPSOED BLOCK PLAN
- SUFFOLK HIGHWAYS REPRESENTATION
- RAMBLERS SOCIETY - COMMENTS
- APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA
- BIODIVERSITY CHECKLIST
- LAND CONTAMINATION QUESTIONNAIRE
- LAND CONTAMINATION ASSESSMENT
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS AND FLOOR PLANS
- SUPERSEDED - LOCATION PLAN
- ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT
- STATEMENT OF AGRICULTURAL USE
- SUPERSEDED - STRUCTURAL SURVEY
- SUPERSEDED - EXISTING BLOCK PLAN
- SUPERSEDED - PROPOSED BLOCK PLAN
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
West Suffolk granted permission on 2 March 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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