Grange Farm, Grange Farm Croft Bury Road Hengrave Suffolk IP28 6LX Data via plota.co.uk

DC/26/0849/LB - LB Consent to alter/extend Approved

Proposal

Application for listed buildings consent - a. removal of rear ground floor window b. single storey rear extension Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
2 Jun 2026
Consultation
9 Jun 2026
Approved
24 Jul 2026

Approved on 24 Jul 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 3 Aug 2026

Site constraints 4

Grade II listed: Grange Farmhouse
List entry 1285389 · 28 m from the pin · 1 more listed building within 150 m (1 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 ↗
Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Hengrave 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 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
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
LB Consent to alter/extend
Postcode
IP28 6LX
Received
2 Jun 2026
Validated
2 Jun 2026
Ward
Risby
Parish
Flempton Cum Hengrave
Case officer
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Target decision
28 Jul 2026
Decision
Approve application
Decision date
24 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
MS2 Architectural Consultants Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 52 days from validation, 4 days faster than West Suffolk's median of 56 for extensions. Approved, as 95% of extensions here are.

58%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
332decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

6 neighbours consulted · Last counted 3 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14970417
Consultation
9 Jun 2026
Comments by
5 Jul 2026
Site or press notice
18 Jun 2026
Env. assessment
No
West Suffolk
Planning Authority Score
4.3/10
Below average
#186 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

West Suffolk is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #208 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
West Suffolk decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
91%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #104 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #95 of 296
56%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #208 of 296
46%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #204 of 296
64%
Minor dwellings approved
96 decided (1-9 homes)
90%
Major dwellings approved
10 decided (10+ homes)
84%
Change of use approved
51 decided
1,018
Total decisions
91 refused in the year to March 2026