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Units 25 & 26 Earl Soham Business Centre The Street Earl Soham Suffolk IP13 7SA

Granted East Suffolk DC/25/4778/P3MA Prior Approval Commercial to Dwelling

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

Proposal

Prior Notification - Change of Use Commercial to Dwelling - Units 25 and 26 into 2no. dwellings

As published by the council, reference DC/25/4778/P3MA

Application record

Reference
DC/25/4778/P3MA
Type
Prior Approval Commercial to Dwelling
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Prior Approval Granted
Received
9 Dec 2025
Validated
9 Dec 2025
Decided
28 Jan 2026
Ward
Framlingham
Parish
Earl Soham
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
IP13 7SA

Site history

Applications at this address on the East Suffolk register

This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • DC/26/2027/VOC Granted

    Units 25 & 26 Earl Soham Business Centre The Street Earl Soham Suffolk IP13 7SA

    Variation of Condition Nos. 2 & 3 of DC/25/4778/P3MA - Prior Notification - Change of Use Commercial to Dwelling - Units 25 and 26 into 2no. dwellings Change of wording to Conditons 2 & 3

    Decided 23 Jul 2026 Amendments
  • DC/26/1144/DRC Awaiting decision

    Units 25 & 26 Earl Soham Business Centre The Street Earl Soham Suffolk IP13 7SA

    Discharge of Conditions 2 and 3 of DC/25/4778/P3MA - Prior Notification - Change of Use Commercial to Dwelling - Units 25 and 26 into 2no. dwellings - Land Contamination and Remediation Strategy

    Submitted 24 Mar 2026 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 9 Dec 2025

    Received by East Suffolk

  2. 28 Jan 2026

    Decision issued: Prior Approval Granted

  3. 9 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

2 later applications on the register refer to this one:

  • DC/26/2027/VOC Granted

    Units 25 & 26 Earl Soham Business Centre The Street Earl Soham Suffolk IP13 7SA

    Variation of Condition Nos. 2 & 3 of DC/25/4778/P3MA - Prior Notification - Change of Use Commercial to Dwelling - Units 25 and 26 into 2no. dwellings Change of wording to Conditons 2 & 3

    Decided 23 Jul 2026 Amendments
  • DC/26/1144/DRC Awaiting decision

    Units 25 & 26 Earl Soham Business Centre The Street Earl Soham Suffolk IP13 7SA

    Discharge of Conditions 2 and 3 of DC/25/4778/P3MA - Prior Notification - Change of Use Commercial to Dwelling - Units 25 and 26 into 2no. dwellings - Land Contamination and Remediation Strategy

    Submitted 24 Mar 2026 Conditions

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Peter Wells Architects Limited Agent, an architecture practice registered in Woodbridge

Active · incorporated 2012 · Woodbridge

283 applications on PlanIndex · across 10 councils · 86% granted

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Documents

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

13 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

East Suffolk granted permission on 28 January 2026, 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 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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