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21 Church Street Southwold Suffolk IP18 6JG

DC/24/3847/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 4 February 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Conversion and extension of existing Class E building to provide a C3 Studio. Replacement of existing external windows and front door and addition of rear-facing conservation skylights.

Received
25 October 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
Southwold
Agent
LPS Architecture
  1. Received25 Oct
  2. Validated25 Oct
  3. Consult.6 Dec
  4. Target20 Dec
  5. Decided4 Feb

Decided in 102 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at 21 Church Street Southwold Suffolk IP18 6JG. East Suffolk has handled 5,532 applications of this type. This one was decided in 102 days, 7 weeks longer than East Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Southwold conservation area, with 17 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 548 applications in total for the IP18 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
IP18 6JG
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Southwold

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 October 2024
Last date for comments
6 December 2024
Target decision date
20 December 2024
Permission expires
4 February 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
LPS Architecture
Agent address
18 Langham Barns Langham Lane Colchester Essex CO4 5ZS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Southwold
  • Listed building: Grade II: 1-19, Church StreetOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • National Landscape (AONB): Suffolk Coast & Heaths
  • Heritage coast: Suffolk
  • 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 (18)

flood storage areas, 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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