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71 Hamilton Road Felixstowe Suffolk IP11 7BE

DC/25/2107/FULFull ApplicationAwaiting decision
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Proposal

Change of Use - conversion of Upper Floor of business premises to provide a separate C3 flat; Ground Floor to remain as commercial premises

Received
27 May 2025
Decision due
31 July 2025
Public comments
4
Ward
Eastern Felixstowe
Agent
Iain Cochran Architects
  1. Received27 May
  2. Validated5 Jun
  3. Consult.23 Jul
  4. Target31 Jul
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 23 July.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (18)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 71 Hamilton Road Felixstowe Suffolk IP11 7BE. East Suffolk has handled 5,532 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 27 May 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Felixstowe conservation area. 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 7BE
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Felixstowe

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 June 2025
Last date for comments
23 July 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Iain Cochran Architects
Architect profile
IAIN COCHRAN LIMITED
Agent address
1A Bent Hill Felixstowe Suffolk IP11 7DG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Felixstowe
  • Brownfield land register: 55 Hamilton Road, FelixstoweRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (20)

flood storage 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 and heritage coasts.

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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© 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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