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Block B Saxmundham Library Saxmundham Hub Street Farm Road Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 1AL

DC/24/4073/P3MAPrior Approval Commercial to DwellingWithdrawn
Outline / PiP

Withdrawn on 19 November 2024

Council decision: Application WithdrawnApplication Withdrawn

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior Notification - Change of use from former SCC building to 1no. new residential dwelling.

Received
13 November 2024
Decision level
Application Withdrawn
Public comments
4
Ward
Saxmundham
Agent
Ashenden Architecture Ltd
  1. Received13 Nov
  2. Validated13 Nov
  3. Consult.10 Dec
  4. Target8 Jan
  5. Decided19 Nov

Decided in 6 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Block B Saxmundham Library Saxmundham Hub Street Farm Road Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 1AL. East Suffolk has handled 942 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 6 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Saxmundham. We hold 1,357 applications in total for the IP17 postcode area.

87% of outline 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
IP17 1AL
Application type
Prior Approval Commercial to Dwelling
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Saxmundham

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 November 2024
Last date for comments
10 December 2024
Target decision date
8 January 2025
Permission expires
19 November 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Ashenden Architecture Ltd
Architect profile
ASHENDEN ARCHITECTURE LTD
Agent address
14 Deben Mill Business Centre Old Maltings Approach Woodbridge Suffolk IP12 1BL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

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 (22)

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, 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.

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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