Planning application
The Battery Observation Post East Lane Bawdsey Woodbridge Suffolk IP12 3AR
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Change of use to form a single dwelling
As published by the council, reference DC/26/3050/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/3050/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 28 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 7 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Deben
- Parish
- Bawdsey
- Postcode
- IP12 3AR
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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28 Aug 2026
Received by East Suffolk
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7 Sep 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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27 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 2 November 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
Peter Wells Architects Limited Agent, an architecture practice registered in Woodbridge
Active · incorporated 2012 · Woodbridge
283 applications on PlanIndex · across 10 councils · 86% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
11 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 full applications in a median of 68 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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