The Kings Head Inn Front Street Orford Woodbridge Suffolk IP12 2LW

DC/25/4118/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 11 December 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Listed Building Consent - Reinstate a door which has been infilled with modern material, to extend the kitchen area of the pub. Closing up door opening from new kitchen area to WC and installation of sanitary kitchen wall coverings in the extended kitchen area.

Received: 24 October 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 2
Council: East Suffolk Council
Ward: Rendlesham And Orford
Agent: Evolution Town Planning Ltd

ReceivedReceived24 Oct
ValidatedValidated24 Oct
Consult.Consultation4 Dec
TargetTarget Date19 Dec
DecidedDecided11 Dec

Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at The Kings Head Inn Front Street Orford Woodbridge Suffolk IP12 2LW. East Suffolk has handled 515 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days quicker than East Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Orford conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 42 applications across Rendlesham And Orford. We hold 800 applications in total for the IP12 postcode area.

99% of heritage 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: IP12 2LW
Application type: Listed Building Consent
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Orford

Planning application dates

Date validated: 24 October 2025
Last date for comments: 4 December 2025
Target decision date: 19 December 2025
Permission expires: 11 December 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent: Evolution Town Planning Ltd
Agent address: Opus House Elm Farm Park Thurston Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3SH

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 9

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Orford
Listed building: Grade II: Kings Head Public HouseOn this site · +2 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.

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Associated applications

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26 Jan
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Source: East Suffolk

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