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Agricultural Land Between B1121 And River Fromus Saxmundham Suffolk

DC/23/3360/FULFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 24 June 2024

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use from agricultural land to dog walking/exercise facility.

Received
29 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
15
Ward
Saxmundham
Agent
East Coast Planning Services Ltd
  1. Received29 Aug
  2. Validated7 Sep
  3. Consult.25 Apr
  4. Target2 Nov
  5. Decided24 Jun

Decided in 291 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Agricultural Land Between B1121 And River Fromus Saxmundham Suffolk. East Suffolk has handled 5,532 applications of this type. This one was decided in 300 days, 35 weeks longer than East Suffolk's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Saxmundham.

93% of full applications at East Suffolk Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Saxmundham

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 September 2023
Last date for comments
25 April 2024
Target decision date
2 November 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
East Coast Planning Services Ltd
Agent address
97 The Street Melton Woodbridge Suffolk IP12 1PR

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal history

3350413
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 8 April 2025Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
57

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: East Suffolk

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