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The White House Blackthorpe Rougham Suffolk IP30 9HZ

DC/22/1310/FULFull Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 23 September 2022

Council decision: Refuse applicationDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Planning application - conversion of office to one dwelling

Received
25 July 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rougham
Agent
Phil Cobbold Planning Ltd
  1. Received25 Jul
  2. Validated25 Jul
  3. Consult.24 Aug
  4. Target21 Sep
  5. Decided23 Sep

Decided in 60 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at The White House Blackthorpe Rougham Suffolk IP30 9HZ. West Suffolk has handled 2,535 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 4 days longer than West Suffolk's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 32 applications across Rougham. We hold 1,122 applications in total for the IP30 postcode area.

94% of full applications at West Suffolk Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
IP30 9HZ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Rushbrooke With Rougham

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 July 2022
Consultation expiry
13 September 2022
Consultation start
3 August 2022
Consultation end
24 August 2022
Neighbour consultation end
24 August 2022
Target decision date
21 September 2022
Permission expires
23 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Phil Cobbold Planning Ltd
Agent address
Phil Cobbold Planning Ltd 42 Beatrice Avenue Felixstowe IP11 9HB

Planning decision

Statutory period
58 days

Publicity

Site notice start
22 August 2022
Site notice end
13 September 2022

Appeal

Appeal reference
AP/23/0009/STAND
Appeal status
Pending Appeal Decision

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11423232
Documents
9
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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

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

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

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: West Suffolk

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