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Public Conveniences The Ferry Felixstowe Suffolk IP11 9RZ

DC/20/4028/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 23 December 2020

Council decision: Application PermittedPlanning committee

Proposal

Proposed public toilets drainage improvements, construction of annex building for treatment plant and reconfiguration of public toilet building.

Received
9 October 2020
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
10
Ward
Eastern Felixstowe
Agent
Richard Vest Architectural Design LTD
  1. Received9 Oct
  2. Validated13 Oct
  3. Consult.3 Nov
  4. Target7 Dec
  5. Decided23 Dec

Decided in 71 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Public Conveniences The Ferry Felixstowe Suffolk IP11 9RZ. East Suffolk has handled 5,532 applications of this type. This one was decided in 75 days, 3 weeks longer than East Suffolk's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across Eastern Felixstowe. We hold 674 applications in total for the IP11 postcode area.

93% of full applications at East Suffolk Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
IP11 9RZ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Felixstowe

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 October 2020
Last date for comments
3 November 2020
Target decision date
7 December 2020
Committee meeting
22 December 2020
Permission expires
23 December 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Richard Vest Architectural Design LTD
Architect profile
RICHARD VEST ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN LTD
Agent address
25 Hartree Way Kesgrave Suffolk IP5 2DY

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
31
Constraints
42

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • National Landscape (AONB): Suffolk Coast & Heaths
  • Heritage coast: Suffolk

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 (20)

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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves 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: East Suffolk

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