Saxmundham Hand Car Wash High Street Saxmundham Suffolk
Approved on 2 December 2025
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Retrospective Application - Change of use from Suis Generis to Retail Class E
- Received
- 19 September 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- East Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Saxmundham
- Agent
- Southwold Building & Design Consultancy Limited
- ReceivedReceived19 Sep
- ValidatedValidated7 Oct
- Consult.Consultation17 Nov
- TargetTarget Date2 Dec
- DecidedDecided2 Dec
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Saxmundham Hand Car Wash High Street Saxmundham Suffolk. East Suffolk has handled 5,532 applications of this type. This one was decided in 74 days, 3 weeks longer than East Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Saxmundham conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Saxmundham.
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
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Saxmundham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 7 October 2025
- Last date for comments
- 17 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 2 December 2025
- Permission expires
- 2 December 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Southwold Building & Design Consultancy Limited
- Architect profile
- SOUTHWOLD BUILDING & DESIGN CONSULTANCY LIMITED
- Agent address
- 2 Millfields Wangford Beccles Suffolk NR34 8RG
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 15
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Saxmundham
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 (21)
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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: East Suffolk
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