26 Princes Road Felixstowe Suffolk IP11 7QZ

DC/26/0261/FULFull ApplicationAwaiting decision

Full

Proposal

Change of use from a C3 home to a C2 residential children's home with independent school education on site

Received: 22 January 2026
Decision due: 16 April 2026
Public comments: 19
Council: East Suffolk Council
Ward: Eastern Felixstowe
Agent: PSS Care Group

ReceivedReceived22 Jan
ValidatedValidated19 Feb
Consult.Consultation18 Mar
TargetTarget Date16 Apr
DecidedDecided

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Comments close on 18 March.

Comment on the council's site Documents (36)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 26 Princes Road Felixstowe Suffolk IP11 7QZ. East Suffolk has handled 5,532 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 22 January 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across Eastern Felixstowe. We hold 674 applications in total for the IP11 postcode area.

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

Postcode: IP11 7QZ
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Felixstowe

Planning application dates

Date validated: 19 February 2026
Last date for comments: 18 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent: PSS Care Group
Agent address: 2 Laser Quay Culpeper Close Rochester ME24HU

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 36

Site constraints

Checking the site

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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.

Source: East Suffolk

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