Caravan Site Tower Bungalow Minsmere Road Dunwich Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 3DF
Approved on 24 March 2026
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Lawful Development Certificate (Existing) - Registration of one existing static caravan plot (no. 7), not previously registered, on an existing caravan site.
- Received
- 5 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- East Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Wrentham, Wangford And Westleton
- Agent
- Kirkham Sheidow Architects
- ReceivedReceived5 Feb
- ValidatedValidated5 Feb
- Consult.Consultation5 Mar
- TargetTarget Date2 Apr
- DecidedDecided24 Mar
Decided in 47 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Caravan Site Tower Bungalow Minsmere Road Dunwich Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 3DF. East Suffolk has handled 512 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 9 days quicker than East Suffolk's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Wrentham, Wangford And Westleton. We hold 1,357 applications in total for the IP17 postcode area.
92% of amendment 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
- IP17 3DF
- Application type
- Lawful Development Certificate(Existing)
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Dunwich
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 5 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 5 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 2 April 2026
- Permission expires
- 24 March 2031
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Kirkham Sheidow Architects
- Architect profile
- KIRKHAM SHEIDOW LIMITED
- Agent address
- 38 Swan Street Boxford Sudbury Suffolk CO10 5NZ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- National Landscape (AONB): Suffolk Coast & Heaths
- Heritage coast: Suffolk
- 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 (20)
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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves 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.
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Source: East Suffolk
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