Dagworth Farm Silver Street Old Newton Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4HF Data via plota.co.uk

DC/26/02745 - Prior Approval Agricultural to Dwell Approved

Proposal

Application for Prior Approval 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 agricultural building to 1no. dwellinghouse… Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
26 Jun 2026
Consultation
20 Aug 2026
Approved
28 Aug 2026

Approved on 28 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 29 Aug 2026

Documents 19

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Site constraints 2

Grade II listed: Dagworth Farmhouse
List entry 1181801 · 2 m from the pin
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.
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.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

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

Application type
Prior Approval Agricultural to Dwell
Postcode
IP14 4HF
Received
26 Jun 2026
Validated
26 Jun 2026
Ward
Haughley, Stowupland & Wetherden
Parish
Old Newton With Dagworth
Case officer
Show
Target decision
21 Aug 2026
Decision
Formal Approval IS required - Approved
Decision date
28 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Modece Architects Limited

How this decision compares

Decided in 63 days from validation, 7 days slower than Babergh Mid Suffolk's median of 56 for changes of use. Approved, as 82% of changes of use here are.

66%decided within 8 weeks
82%approved
97decided in the last year

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

Public comments

1comment received
1 supporting

2 neighbours consulted · Last counted 29 Aug 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15008308
Neighbours
2 Jul 2026
Consultation
20 Aug 2026
Comments by
22 Jul 2026
Site or press notice
14 Jul 2026
Env. assessment
No
Babergh Mid Suffolk
Planning Authority Score
7.7/10
Good
#33 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
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