Planning application
Priory Paddocks Nursing Home Priory Lane Darsham Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 3QD
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Conversion of existing Nursing Home to Aparthotel and associated works
As published by the council, reference DC/26/1770/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/1770/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 13 May 2026
- Validated
- 13 May 2026
- Ward
- Wrentham, Wangford And Westleton
- Parish
- Darsham
- Postcode
- IP17 3QD
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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13 May 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 8 July 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
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
31 documents on file for this application
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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 full applications in a median of 68 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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