River House The Street Kersey Ipswich Suffolk IP7 6DY Data via plota.co.uk

DC/26/01274 - Listed Building Consent Awaiting decision

Proposal

Application for Listed Building Consent - Conversion and repair of agricultural barn to form studio for domestic use. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
24 Mar 2026
Validated
23 Jun 2026
Consultation
19 Aug 2026
Decision
Expected by 15 Sept 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision soon after comments close on 8 Sept 2026; it is now day 85. The consultation period closed on 8 Sept 2026.

Site constraints 3

Grade II* listed: River House
List entry 1234780 · 5 m from the pin · 30 more listed buildings within 150 m (6 Grade II*, 24 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 ↗
Kersey conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
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
IP7 6DY
Received
24 Mar 2026
Validated
23 Jun 2026
Ward
South East Cosford
Parish
Kersey
Case officer
Show
Target decision
15 Sept 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Individual Architecture

Decision outlook

Day 85, past the statutory target. 94% of changes of use in Babergh Mid Suffolk are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 22 Sept 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 14 Sept 2026.

Day 8529 days past the 56-day target
67%decided within 8 weeks
80%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

No public comments yet.

Last counted 14 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Consultation
19 Aug 2026
Comments by
8 Sept 2026
Site or press notice
30 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry
18 Aug 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