Shelley Hall Layham Road Shelley Ipswich Suffolk IP7 5QX Data via plota.co.uk

DC/26/00498 - Householder Planning Application Approved
Extensions & alterations

Proposal

Householder Application - Conversion of a partially converted ancillary outbuilding for use as an annex/entertainment space Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
9 Feb 2026
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Validated
11 Feb 2026
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Consultation
27 Feb 2026
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Approved
9 Apr 2026

Approved on 9 Apr 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 8 Jul 2026

Documents 12

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF PLANNING PERMISSION - GRANT Decision · 9 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF OFFICER DELEGATED REPORT Officer Delegated Report · 9 Apr 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 4

PDF ECOLOGY RESPONSE Consultee Comment · 2 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF FLOOD RISK ASSESMENT Report · 18 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF DESIGN AND HERITAGE STATEMENT Report · 9 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF BAT SURVEY REPORT 111225 Report · 9 Feb 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM Application Form · 9 Feb 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF DEDHAM VALE SOCIETY RESPONSE Consultee Comment · 20 Mar 2026 View ↗

Other documents 4

PDF CAT REPORT 2225 THE COWSHED Report · 9 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF COWSHED STRUCTURAL REPORT Report · 9 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF EXTERNAL MATERIALS Other · 9 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF UNDER TILE VENTILATOR Report · 9 Feb 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 2

Site constraints 5

Grade II listed: Shelley Hall
List entry 1351981 · 3 m from the pin · 2 more listed buildings within 150 m (2 Grade II)
Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Dedham Vale National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Scheduled monument 7 m away: Moated site and remains of demolished parts of Shelley Hall, a post-medieval great house
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Also on the record
Priority habitat 41 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Babergh Mid Suffolk
Application type
Householder Planning Application
Postcode
IP7 5QX
Received
9 Feb 2026
Validated
11 Feb 2026
Ward
Brett Vale
Parish
Shelley
Case officer
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Target decision
8 Apr 2026
Decision
Granted
Decision date
9 Apr 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Kay Pilsbury Thomas Architects

How this decision compares

Decided in 57 days from validation, about the council's usual 54 days. Approved, as 91% of extensions here are.

76%decided within 8 weeks
91%approved
513decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by Babergh Mid Suffolk in the last twelve months, from validation. Babergh Mid Suffolk decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14623009
Consultation
27 Feb 2026
Comments by
20 Mar 2026
Site or press notice
27 Feb 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

29 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

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2020 Approved
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DC/20/05337
2020 Approved
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DC/20/05338
2020 Approved
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Babergh Mid Suffolk
Planning Authority Score
7.7/10
Good
#33 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Babergh Mid Suffolk is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #56 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
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Babergh Mid Suffolk decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
89%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #124 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #68 of 296
77%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #56 of 296
34%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #83 of 296
74%
Minor dwellings approved
160 decided (1-9 homes)
73%
Major dwellings approved
11 decided (10+ homes)
93%
Change of use approved
40 decided
882
Total decisions
99 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings