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Potton Hall Blythburgh Road Westleton Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 3EF

DC/26/0935/FULFull ApplicationAwaiting decision
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Proposal

Change of use from a 7 bedroom 2 storey dwelling to an 8 bedroom hotel with restaurant bar and commercial kitchen housed in converted shipping containers to front of property. Erection of a gazebo adjacent to the existing outdoor pool and associated groundworks and landscaping.

Received
9 March 2026
Decision due
22 May 2026
Public comments
1
Ward
Wrentham, Wangford And Westleton
Agent
Robert Stewart Architects
  1. Received9 Mar
  2. Validated27 Mar
  3. Consult.8 May
  4. Target22 May
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 8 May.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (17)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Potton Hall Blythburgh Road Westleton Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 3EF. East Suffolk has handled 5,532 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 9 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There has been 1 other application 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.

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
IP17 3EF
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Westleton

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 March 2026
Last date for comments
8 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Robert Stewart Architects
Agent address
Riverbank Church Street Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 1EP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • National Landscape (AONB): Suffolk Coast & Heaths
  • 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 (21)

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, 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

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© 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.

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Source: East Suffolk

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