Planning application
Sand Filter Building Newbourne Road Bucklesham Suffolk
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
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
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3 Jul 2025
Received by East Suffolk
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2 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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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
39 applications on PlanIndex · across 8 councils · 100% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
53 documents on file for this application
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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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