1 Post Office Row Mill Road Buxhall Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 3DJ Data via plota.co.uk

DC/26/02770 - Listed Building Consent Approved

Proposal

Application for Listed Building Consent - Repair cracking and shakes. Cut and rake out cracks and shanks, fill with lime mortar,rub all surfaces to remove flaking and loose paint ready for new paint on all elevations, rear elevation cut out and remove old cement tender repair, fit new softwood lathes as required. Apply 2 coats lime mortar. Apply 3 coats white clay paint. Apply black clay paint to plinth on all elevations. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
29 Jun 2026
Validated
30 Jun 2026
Consultation
30 Jun 2026
Approved
20 Aug 2026

Approved on 20 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 21 Aug 2026

Site constraints 2

Grade II listed: Rectory Cottages
List entry 1352145 · 5 m from the pin · 8 more listed buildings within 150 m (1 Grade I, 1 Grade II*, 6 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 ↗
Agricultural land, grade 2
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map, which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
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
Listed Building Consent
Postcode
IP14 3DJ
Received
29 Jun 2026
Validated
30 Jun 2026
Ward
Rattlesden
Parish
Buxhall
Case officer
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Target decision
25 Aug 2026
Decision
Granted
Decision date
20 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 51 days from validation, about the council's usual 53 days. Approved, as 96% of listed building works here are.

82%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
190decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 21 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15007811
Consultation
30 Jun 2026
Comments by
21 Jul 2026
Site or press notice
7 Jul 2026
Env. assessment
No
Babergh Mid Suffolk
Planning Authority Score
7.7/10
Good
#33 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other 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