The White House Blackthorpe Rougham Suffolk IP30 9HZ
Approved on 28 November 2025
Council decision: Approve applicationDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Planning application - a. change of use of dwelling (Class C3) and associated land to special education facility (Class F1a) b. two metre high fencing at front of the site to create secure garden area
- Received
- 23 December 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- West Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Rougham
- ReceivedReceived23 Dec
- ValidatedValidated23 Dec
- Consult.Consultation12 Sep
- TargetTarget Date20 Feb
- DecidedDecided28 Nov
Decided in 340 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at The White House Blackthorpe Rougham Suffolk IP30 9HZ. West Suffolk has handled 2,535 applications of this type. This one was decided in 340 days, 41 weeks 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
- 23 December 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 12 September 2025
- Consultation start
- 29 August 2025
- Consultation end
- 12 September 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 28 January 2025
- Target decision date
- 20 February 2025
- Committee meeting
- 25 February 2025
- Permission expires
- 28 November 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Andrew Fleet Architectural Technologists
- Agent address
- Andrew Fleet Architectural Technologists 6 Regent Place Soham Ely CB7 5RL
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 59 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 10 January 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 31 January 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13493185
- Documents
- 26
- Constraints
- 7
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: West Suffolk
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