Holy Oak Barn Church Road Combs Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 2EH Data via plota.co.uk

DC/26/03556 - Listed Building Consent Awaiting decision

Proposal

Application for Listed Building Consent - Installation of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels on the roof of the existing outbuilding. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
17 Aug 2026
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Validated
1 Oct 2026
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Consultation
1 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 26 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 24 Nov 2026, from Babergh Mid Suffolk's recent listed building works.

Comments are open until 22 Oct 2026

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Site constraints 7

Grade II listed: Granary/Cartlodge Aligned East West 30 Metres North of Holyoak Farmhouse
List entry 1183144 · 2 m away · 3 more listed buildings within 150 m (3 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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Agricultural land, grade 2
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), 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.
Public footpath 20 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Local nature reserve 340 m away: Church Meadow; SSSI 251 m away: Combs Wood SSSI; National infrastructure project 1907 m away: Norwich to Tilbury.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £695,000 in June 2021. Detached house, freehold.

28 June 2021£695,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Application type
Listed Building Consent
Postcode
IP14 2EH
Received
17 Aug 2026
Validated
1 Oct 2026
Ward
Onehouse
Parish
Combs
Case officer
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Target decision
26 Nov 2026
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 8 of the 56-day target. Babergh Mid Suffolk usually decides listed building works by day 54.

Day 848 days to the 56-day target
79%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
254decided 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 2 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15163451
Planning Portal ref
PP-15163451
Consultation
1 Oct 2026
Comments by
22 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
26 Nov 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
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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use