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DC/26/3632/VOC - Variation of Conditions Awaiting decision

Proposal

Variation of Condition Nos. 4, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 18, 20, 25 & 49 of DC/25/4432/FUL - Hybrid planning application comprising: (a) in Full, for a Further Education College & an Apprentice Hub (Use Class F1(a)); & (b) in Outline, with all matters reserved except access, for a Construction Skills Centre & flexible external training space (Use Class F1(a)); together with associated works including access, internal routes, parking, public realm, landscaping, earthworks & other infrastructure. - Variations required to accommodate amendments to the approved Phase 1 scheme, including Conditions 4 (Approved plans), 20 (Surface Water Drainage Strategy) & 49 (Future Provision of Additional Car Parking); Variations which seek approval of Phase 1 details through the Section 73 permission, including Conditions 9 (Ecological Enhancement Strategy), 10 (Habitat Management & Monitoring Plan), 15 (Hard Landscaping Details) & 18 (Landscape Management & Maintenance Plan); & Variations to condition trigger points, including Conditions 12 (Biodiversity Lighting Strategy), 13 (Lighting Spill) & 25 (BREEAM). Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 27 Oct 2026, 05:11

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Application progress

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Received

15 Oct 2026

✓

Validated

21 Oct 2026

Decision

Expected by 20 Jan 2027

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 20 Jan 2027.

Documents 29

Statements & assessments 12

Plans & drawings 13

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Application Form · 15 Oct 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF INFO SHEET Neighbour Notification List · 21 Oct 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 6

Agricultural land, grade 3b

Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.

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.

National infrastructure project 74 m away: East Anglia ONE North Offshore Windfarm

The site is 74 m from the project boundary. Generating station, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: East Anglia TWO Offshore Windfarm (decided, 74 m); The Sizewell C Project (decided, 84 m); Galloper Offshore Wind Farm (decided, 561 m); Suffolk Water Recycling Transfer and Storage (at pre-application, 1869 m).

Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.

Planning Inspectorate project page ↗

Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

National landscape 84 m away: Suffolk Coast & Heaths

Outside the landscape; its setting can still be raised.

Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.

Also on the record

Special protection area 457 m away: Sandlings; SSSI 457 m away: Leiston - Aldeburgh SSSI.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 22 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate 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

Council: East Suffolk
Application type: Variation of Conditions
Received: 15 Oct 2026
Validated: 21 Oct 2026
Ward: Aldeburgh And Leiston
Parish: Leiston Cum Sizewell
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 20 Jan 2027
Applicant: Show

Public comments

No public comments yet.

38 neighbours consulted · Last counted 22 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry: 20 Jan 2027
Env. assessment: No

East Suffolk

Planning Authority Score

5.3/10

Average

#129 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

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