Car Sales At Ipswich Road Needham Market Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8EG

DC/26/03574Pending Decision

Proposal

Full Planning Application - Retrospective subdivision and alteration of existing commercial showroom/car sales building to form 3no. restricted Class E commercial/business/service units, limited to Use Classes E(a), E(c), E(d) and E(g) only and excluding Class E(b), E(e) and E(f); Retention of sales/admin space for the existing car sales business, replacement rear workshop, associated parking, cycle parking, level access works, servicing and shared access arrangements.

Received: 19 August 2026
Public comments: 8 · last counted 5 October 2026
Council: Mid Suffolk District Council

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

ReceivedSubmitted19 Aug
ValidatedValidated19 Aug
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided

This is a planning application at Car Sales At Ipswich Road Needham Market Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8EG. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 15,141 applications of this type and approves 91% of them, typically deciding them in 55 days. It was submitted on 19 August 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Needham Market conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 604 applications in total for the IP6 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference

DC/26/03574

Address

Car Sales At Ipswich Road Needham Market Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8EG

Postcode

IP6 8EG

Local Authority

Babergh Mid Suffolk

Decision Status

Undecided

Current Status

Awaiting decision

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received

18 August 2026

Date Validated

19 August 2026

Date Submitted

19 August 2026

Planning Decision

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents

Coordinates

52.151210, 1.054610

Enriching application data

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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Planning history at this site

3 other applications at this property, newest first.

Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Needham MarketPart of the site
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, 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.

© 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 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

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