Planning application
Smyth House Residential Home 106 High Street Leiston Suffolk IP16 4BZ
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Proposal
Discharge of Condition Nos 3, 4, 5 and 6 of DC/25/0447/FUL - Change of use from C2 care home to Sui Generis HMO with 19-bed spaces for use by Sizewell C construction workers, followed by its reconfiguration to a 16-bed HMO for non-Sizewell C workers post Sizewell C construction. - Parking Strategy, Cycle Storage Details, Details of the areas to be provided for the storage and presentation for collection/emptying of refuse and recycling bins and Existing Access Works.
As published by the council, reference DC/26/0184/DRC
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/0184/DRC
- Type
- Approval of Details Reserved by Cond.
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 16 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 16 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Aldeburgh And Leiston
- Parish
- Leiston Cum Sizewell
- Postcode
- IP16 4BZ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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16 Jan 2026
Received by East Suffolk
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9 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 13 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
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Brooks Architects Ltd Agent, an architecture practice registered in Saxmundham
Active · incorporated 1985 · Saxmundham
55 applications on PlanIndex · across 6 councils · 94% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
9 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 condition discharge and variation applications in a median of 50 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About condition discharge and variation applications
This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.
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