Planning application
The Smithy The Street Holton Suffolk
Works: Extension Domestic
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
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Proposal
Conversion and extension of former storage building to form a residential dwelling, utilising existing access to shared rear parking area.
As published by the council, reference DC/25/4840/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- DC/25/4840/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 15 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 28 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Halesworth And Blything
- Parish
- Holton
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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15 Dec 2025
Received by East Suffolk
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28 Jan 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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9 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 25 March 2026, 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
Southwold Building & Design Consultancy Limited Agent, a design practice registered in Beccles
Active · incorporated 2020 · Beccles
54 applications on PlanIndex · across 4 councils · 100% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
22 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat 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.
About full applications
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