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The Martello Tower U The Ferry Felixstowe Suffolk IP11 9RZ

DC/22/0070/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 1 April 2022

Council decision: Application Permitted

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Replacement of external stair to Martello Tower U due to existing timber stair being beyond its life span

Received
10 January 2022
Public comments
3
Ward
Eastern Felixstowe
  1. Received10 Jan
  2. Validated10 Jan
  3. Consult.3 Mar
  4. Target6 Mar
  5. Decided1 Apr

Decided in 81 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at The Martello Tower U The Ferry Felixstowe Suffolk IP11 9RZ. East Suffolk has handled 5,532 applications of this type. This one was decided in 81 days, 4 weeks longer than East Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. 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
10 January 2022
Last date for comments
3 March 2022
Target decision date
6 March 2022
Permission expires
1 April 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
18
Constraints
43

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (18)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, green belt, 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

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© 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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