Planning application
John Balls Motor Engineers Low Road Friston Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 1PW
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 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
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17 Sep 2026
Received by East Suffolk
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21 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 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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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
7 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 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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