Planning application
Proposed Temporary Campsite The Street Walberswick Suffolk IP18 6UD
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Prior Notification - Prior Approval Schedule 2, Part 4, Class BC for a temporary campsite - for up to 30 pitches
As published by the council, reference DC/26/0780/P4BC
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/0780/P4BC
- Type
- Prior Approval Land Temp Recr Campsite
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 26 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 26 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Southwold
- Parish
- Walberswick
- Postcode
- IP18 6UD
Site history
Applications at this address on the East Suffolk register
This site has had 3 applications since 2026.
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DC/26/1464/DRC Awaiting decision
Proposed Temporary Campsite The Street Walberswick Suffolk IP18 6UD
Discharge of Condition No.1 of DC/25/1755/P4BC - Application for Prior Approval of a Temporary Recreational Campsite for up to 30 pitches under Schedule 2, Part 4 Class BC of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 - Signage
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DC/26/1320/R77 Awaiting decision
Proposed Temporary Campsite The Street Walberswick Suffolk IP18 6UD
Application under S77 of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 in relation to works proposed within DC/26/0780/P4BC - Prior Notification - Prior Approval Schedule 2, Part 4, Class BC for a temporary campsite - for up to 30 pitches
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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26 Feb 2026
Received by East Suffolk
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24 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 23 April 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.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
1 later application on the register refers to this one:
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DC/26/1320/R77 Awaiting decision
Proposed Temporary Campsite The Street Walberswick Suffolk IP18 6UD
Application under S77 of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 in relation to works proposed within DC/26/0780/P4BC - Prior Notification - Prior Approval Schedule 2, Part 4, Class BC for a temporary campsite - for up to 30 pitches
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
48 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 prior approval applications in a median of 41 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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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