Middleton, Suffolk

Valley Farm Barn is a timber-framed, thatched Suffolk barn offered with planning permission and listed building consent for conversion into a detached five-bedroom home of approximately 3,660 sq ft. The approved scheme includes a vaulted sitting and dining room with full-height glazing, a kitchen and breakfast room, study, boot room, utility facilities and cloakroom. Two ground-floor bedrooms are planned with dressing rooms and en-suites, with three further bedrooms and two shower rooms on the first floor. The grounds extend to around one third of an acre, with the barn set back from the road and reached by a track. The site has views across surrounding farmland and is between Middleton and Yoxford, with the Suffolk coast nearby. Saxmundham, including its railway station and supermarkets, is approximately six miles away. The property is a conversion project rather than a completed home. Mains electricity and water are understood to be nearby, but there is no mains drainage; a sewage treatment plant will be required, subject to the necessary arrangements for discharge. The purchaser will also be responsible for any applicable Community Infrastructure Levy and biodiversity net gain requirements. A bat mitigation licence is required, and the stated mitigation includes a bat attic in an outbuilding to be rebuilt. Boundary fencing or walls are also the buyer's responsibility. Planning and listed building consent documents are available through East Suffolk Council.