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Former County Primary School Fairfield Road Saxmundham Suffolk

Granted East Suffolk DC/20/0316/VOC Variation of Conditions

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Variation of Condition No.2 of DC/16/0709/ARM - Reserved matters (layout, appearance, scale and landscaping) for 16 dwellings. - To enable separate private entrances to plots 14 and 15. Replace drawings : 9818-016A > 9818-016B : 9818-017B > 9818-017C : 9818-018C > 9818-018D

As published by the council, reference DC/20/0316/VOC

Application record

Reference
DC/20/0316/VOC
Type
Variation of Conditions
Status
Permitted
Decision
Granted As published: Application Permitted
Received
27 Jan 2020
Validated
27 Jan 2020
Decided
22 Apr 2020
Ward
Saxmundham
Parish
Saxmundham
Decision by
Delegated Decision

Site history

Applications at this address on the East Suffolk register

This site has had 2 applications since 2020: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • DC/25/4972/VLA Awaiting decision

    Former County Primary School Fairfield Road Saxmundham Suffolk

    Variation of Legal Agreement C11/1539/OUT & DC/16/0709/RM - Development of sixteen dwellings

    Submitted 23 Dec 2025 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 27 Jan 2020

    Received by East Suffolk

  2. 22 Apr 2020

    Decision issued: Application Permitted

  3. 31 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

12 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

East Suffolk granted permission on 22 April 2020, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About amendment applications

An amendment application makes limited changes to a permission that already exists; anything beyond modest adjustment needs a fresh application. More in our guide to planning application types.

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