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John Balls Motor Engineers Low Road Friston Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 1PW

Awaiting decision East Suffolk DC/26/3269/DRC Approval of Details Reserved by Cond.

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Proposal

Discharge of Condition Nos 3, 4 and 5 of DC/25/1526/FUL - Change of Use of Part of Existing Commercial Premises (Currently Used for Storage Purposes) to Residential Use, including Provision of New Garage and Vehicular Access for Existing Adjacent Host Residential Property - 3. Remediation Strategy - 4. Implementation of Remediation - 5. Validation report

As published by the council, reference DC/26/3269/DRC

Application record

Reference
DC/26/3269/DRC
Type
Approval of Details Reserved by Cond.
Status
Awaiting decision
Received
17 Sep 2026
Validated
21 Sep 2026
Ward
Aldeburgh And Leiston
Parish
Friston
Postcode
IP17 1PW

Comment by 13 October 2026

The council is taking comments on this application until then. Have your say on East Suffolk's portal.

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 17 Sep 2026

    Received by East Suffolk

  2. 21 Sep 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 27 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 16 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

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Paul Merrett Planning and Building Design Agent, a planning consultancy

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Documents

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7 documents on file for this application

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What 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 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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