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Old Station Works Westerfield Road Westerfield Suffolk

Awaiting decision East Suffolk DC/25/4944/VOC Variation of Conditions

Works: New dwelling Major scheme

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Proposal

Variation of Condition No. 16 of DC/20/1712/VOC - Variation of Condition Nos. 1 to 27 of DC/18/3850/OUT - Outline planning permission with all matters reserved, except for means of vehicular access to/from the site, for the redevelopment of the site for a mixed use scheme comprising up to 75 dwellings (C3 Use Class), of which 25 will be affordable, approximately 1,285sqm of commercial floorspace (16 units of Use Class B1, of which one will be flexible B1/D1 use, and 1 unit of Use Class A1), parking, publicly accessible open space and associated works on land at Old Station Works, Westerfield. - to allow for separate discharge of the residential development and the commercial development. - Phasing of pre slab level works

As published by the council, reference DC/25/4944/VOC

Application record

Reference
DC/25/4944/VOC
Type
Variation of Conditions
Status
Awaiting decision
Received
22 Dec 2025
Validated
22 Dec 2025
Ward
Carlford And Fynn Valley
Parish
Westerfield

Site history

Applications at this address on the East Suffolk register

This site has had 3 applications since 2025.

  • DC/25/4901/CLE Awaiting decision

    Old Station Works Westerfield Road Westerfield Suffolk

    Certificate of Lawfulness for an Existing Development to confirm that lawful implementation has occurred and that permissions DC/20/1712/VOC, DC/22/2567/ARM, DC/22/2568/ARM and DC/22/2569/ARM are extant

    Submitted 18 Dec 2025 Lawful development
  • DC/25/4127/DRC Awaiting decision

    Old Station Works Westerfield Road Westerfield Suffolk

    Discharge of Condition Nos. 7 & 8 of DC/22/2568/ARM - Approval of Reserved Matters of DC/20/1712/VOC - Outline planning permission with all matters reserved, except for means of vehicular access to/from the site, for the redevelopment of the site for a mixed use scheme comprising up to 75 dwellings (C3 Use Class), of which 25 will be affordable, approximately 1,285sqm of commercial floorspace (16 units of Use Class B1, of which one will be flexible B1/D1 use, and 1 unit of Use Class A1), parking, publicly accessible open space and associated works on land at Old Station Works, Westerfield. - to allow for separate discharge of the residential development and the commercial development - Submission of Reserved Matters (access, layout, landscaping, scale, appearance) pursuant to Phase III of outline planning permission - Signage, Bin Storage & Collection Details

    Submitted 27 Oct 2025 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 22 Dec 2025

    Received by East Suffolk

  2. 9 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 16 February 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.

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Wilkinson Planning Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Stowmarket

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Documents

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5 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 amendment applications in a median of 39 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About amendment applications

An amendment application makes limited changes to a permission that already exists; anything beyond modest adjustment needs a fresh application. More in our guide to planning application types.

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