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Search the Public Notice PortalA developer's bid to convert part of an agricultural building into six homes has been refused prior approval due to "insufficient" information in the application.
East Coast Planning Services Ltd had submitted a planning application to East Suffolk Council on behalf of the landowner regarding a site at Red House Farm in Levington, near Ipswich.
Planning documents said the agent was "instructed to apply for a determination as to whether the prior approval of the local planning authority is required for the change of use".
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The documents added: "The current proposal supports the government’s key objective of promoting economic growth and for making better use of existing buildings, supporting the high street and rural communities and providing much needed new housing."
However, East Suffolk's planners blocked the bid for prior approval earlier this month.
In their decision, council officers said: "Insufficient information has been submitted to demonstrate that the building falls within the definition of an 'agricultural building' or within an established agricultural unit because the agricultural unit ceased in approximately 2001 and the unit identified is in use as agriculture and equestrian, whereby equestrian use does not fall under the definition of agriculture."
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