Units 25 & 26 Earl Soham Business Centre The Street Earl Soham Suffolk IP13 7SA Data via plota.co.uk

DC/26/1144/DRC - Approval of Details Reserved by Cond. Awaiting decision

Proposal

Discharge of Conditions 2 and 3 of DC/26/2027/VOC Variation of Condition Nos. 2 & 3 of - Prior Notification - Change of Use Commercial to Dwelling - Units 25 and 26 into 2no. dwellings Change of wording to Conditions 2 & 3 - Land Contamination and Remediation Strategy. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
24 Mar 2026
Decision
Expected by 19 May 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 19 May 2026.

Associated applications 3

Site constraints 3

Agricultural land, grade 2
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map, which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Scheduled monument 113 m away: Earl Soham Lodge moated site and fishponds
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Priority habitat 28 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Application type
Approval of Details Reserved by Cond.
Postcode
IP13 7SA
Received
24 Mar 2026
Validated
24 Mar 2026
Ward
Framlingham
Parish
Earl Soham
Case officer
Show
Target decision
19 May 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Peter Wells Architects Limited

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 13 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
19 May 2026
Env. assessment
No
East Suffolk
Planning Authority Score
5.3/10
Average
#129 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

East Suffolk ranks #183 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
East Suffolk decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
92%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #81 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #76 of 296
60%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #183 of 296
42%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #162 of 296
80%
Minor dwellings approved
212 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
19 decided (10+ homes)
81%
Change of use approved
139 decided
1,965
Total decisions
158 refused in the year to March 2026