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2 Hungate Court Beccles Suffolk

Refused East Suffolk DC/25/4662/P3MA Prior Approval Commercial to Dwelling

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Prior Notification (Commercial to Dwelling) - Conversion of existing commercial building into 2no. dwellings

As published by the council, reference DC/25/4662/P3MA

Application record

Reference
DC/25/4662/P3MA
Type
Prior Approval Commercial to Dwelling
Status
Refused
Decision
Refused As published: Prior Approval Refused
Received
2 Dec 2025
Validated
2 Dec 2025
Decided
30 Jan 2026
Ward
Beccles And Worlingham
Parish
Beccles
Decision by
Delegated Decision

Site history

Applications at this address on the East Suffolk register

This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 0 approved, 1 refused.

  • DC/26/2782/FUL Awaiting decision

    2 Hungate Court Beccles Suffolk

    Conversion of existing commercial building into 2no. dwellings. Please see accompanying Planning Statement and drawings for further details.

    Submitted 6 Aug 2026 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 2 Dec 2025

    Received by East Suffolk

  2. 30 Jan 2026

    Decision issued: Prior Approval Refused

  3. 9 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Claxton Planning Services Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Bury St. Edmunds

Active · incorporated 2022 · Bury St. Edmunds

15 applications on PlanIndex · across 5 councils · 46% granted

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Documents

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

19 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

East Suffolk refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About prior approval applications

Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.

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