Planning application
Orford Castle Castle Green Orford Suffolk
Relates to DC/25/2321/FUL
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Discharge of Condition Nos. 5 & 6 of DC/25/2321/FUL - Removal of the existing condemned staff welfare building and replacement with a new staff welfare building. - Bird Box Details and External Lighting
As published by the council, reference DC/26/0922/DRC
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/0922/DRC
- Type
- Approval of Details Reserved by Cond.
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 6 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 6 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Rendlesham And Orford
- Parish
- Orford
Site history
Applications at this address on the East Suffolk register
This site has had 2 applications since 2021: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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DC/21/4760/FUL Granted
Orford Castle Castle Green Orford Suffolk
Consolidating the external Septaria walling, piecing in replacements and re-support to areas of deep loss, dubbing out and covering the Septeria with lime render; carrying out lime mortar repairs and partial repointing to parapets, string courses, window surrounds and quoins, replacing deeply damaged/fractured dressed stone, forming lead weathering to vulnerable projections, repairing, and repointing external stonework, modifying the windows and repairing the asphalt roof coverings
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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6 Mar 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 1 May 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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DC/25/2321/FUL Granted
Orford Castle Castle Green Orford Suffolk IP12 2ND
Removal of the existing condemned staff welfare building and replacement with a new staff welfare building.
Who's behind it
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The McAvoy Group Agent
3 applications on PlanIndex · across 2 councils
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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 51 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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