Garage conversion planning approval rate in Babergh and Mid Suffolk
90% of 10 decided garage conversion applications in Babergh and Mid Suffolk were approved.
Checked against 20.6 million UK planning applications on file across 420 planning authorities. Approval rates from 2,343,419 decisions we classified across 181 councils in England.
A similar project nearby can help you understand the council's decisions. Its outcome does not establish what will be acceptable at your address.
90%
Approval rate, all years, from 10 decided
10
decided garage conversion applications in Babergh and Mid Suffolk: 9 approved, 1 refused
Unknown
Recent rate, decided since 2022: only 5 decided, fewer than 8
How to read these rates
These are historical outcomes for the applications in our archive, not the chance of approval for your property. Compare the same project type and read the decided count alongside each percentage.
About the planning data
Rate = approved divided by approved plus refused, using the decisions in our classified archive. Rates are withheld as unknown where fewer than 8 records of that project type were decided. Withdrawn applications are excluded.
Recent means records dated 2022 or later. Records without a year are excluded from the recent rate but remain in the all-years figure. Historical coverage varies by council, and duplicate application references may remain in the archive.
Approval rates from 2,343,419 decisions we classified across 181 councils in England. The wider 20.6 million application catalogue is accessible through PlanIT; it is not the dataset used to calculate these percentages.
Read the full methodology and coverage notes.
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Example garage conversion decisions in Babergh and Mid Suffolk
These examples deliberately include approved and refused applications where available. They are not a representative sample or a list of the latest decisions. Look up each reference on the council's planning search to read the plans and decision notice.
| Reference | Year | Decision | Application |
|---|---|---|---|
| DC/25/02517 | 2025 | Approved | Householder Application - Removal of an external staircase, and insertion of new doors, windows and panels to the Annex/Garage Outbuilding. Conversion of one... Garage/Annex The Old Rectory Church Road Felsham Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 0PW |
| DC/22/06303 | 2023 | Approved | Householder Application - Conversion of garage to additional living accommodation and erection of first floor extension, including alterations to fenestratio... Fen Farmhouse Fen Street Buxhall Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 3DQ |
| DC/22/06304 | 2023 | Approved | Application for Listed Building Consent - Conversion of garage to additional living accommodation and erection of first floor extension, including alteration... Fen Farmhouse Fen Street Buxhall Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 3DQ |
| DC/23/04060 | 2023 | Approved | Full Planning Application - Conversion of existing garage/workshop to form 1No residential dwelling Skinners Cottage Skinners Lane Metfield Harleston Suffolk IP20 0LH |
| DC/21/04815 | 2022 | Refused | Householder Application - Conversion of existing garage to Annex The Old Dairy 73 Ballingdon Street Sudbury CO10 2DA |
| DC/19/02361 | 2019 | Approved | Householder Planning Application - Conversion of garage to additional living accommodation. 3 Cordwinders East Bergholt Colchester Suffolk CO7 6TZ |
About the planning data
Checked against 20.6 million UK planning applications on file across 420 planning authorities. Approval rates from 2,343,419 decisions we classified across 181 councils in England.
Other project types in Babergh and Mid Suffolk
- Single-storey rear extension 98%, 95 decided
- Two-storey rear extension 92%, 38 decided
- Wraparound extension 92%, 12 decided
- Side extension 97%, 38 decided
- Loft conversion and dormer 95%, 20 decided
- Rooflight 88%, 25 decided
- Outbuilding and garden room 92%, 52 decided
- Porch 94%, 16 decided
- Basement unknown, 5 decided
- Window and door 90%, 42 decided