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56 Penzance Road Kesgrave Ipswich Suffolk IP5 1JU

DC/24/4305/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 1 May 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

First floor extension and rear extension to create an additional storey, including a rear balcony.

Received
28 November 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Kesgrave
Agent
Creative Building Designs
  1. Received28 Nov
  2. Validated12 Dec
  3. Consult.28 Mar
  4. Target6 Feb
  5. Decided1 May

Decided in 140 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at 56 Penzance Road Kesgrave Ipswich Suffolk IP5 1JU. East Suffolk has handled 5,532 applications of this type. This one was decided in 154 days, 14 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 28 applications across Kesgrave. We hold 138 applications in total for the IP5 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
IP5 1JU
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Kesgrave

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 December 2024
Last date for comments
28 March 2025
Target decision date
6 February 2025
Permission expires
1 May 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Creative Building Designs
Architect profile
CREATIVE BUILDING DESIGNS LTD
Agent address
26 St Marys Road Creeting St Mary Ipswich IP6 8LZ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
17

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 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 (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

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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