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Sand Filter Building Newbourne Road Bucklesham Suffolk

Awaiting decision East Suffolk DC/25/2637/FUL Full Application

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Proposal

Change of use and conversion of the redundant Sand Filter Building into a single residential dwelling.

As published by the council, reference DC/25/2637/FUL

Application record

Reference
DC/25/2637/FUL
Type
Full Application
Status
Awaiting decision
Received
3 Jul 2025
Validated
3 Jul 2025
Ward
Orwell And Villages
Parish
Bucklesham

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 3 Jul 2025

    Received by East Suffolk

  2. 2 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 28 August 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    East Suffolk took a median of 53 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

James Bailey Planning Ltd. Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Newmarket

Active · incorporated 2019 · Newmarket

46 applications on PlanIndex · across 8 councils · 100% granted

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Documents

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

53 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with East Suffolk for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year East Suffolk decided full applications in a median of 68 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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