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31 Station Road Southwold Suffolk IP18 6AX

DC/26/0674/FULFull ApplicationAwaiting decision
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Proposal

Two storey rear extension and a further single storey extension. New outbuilding for home gym and bar. Replace front elevation door.

Received
19 February 2026
Decision due
21 April 2026
Public comments
4
Ward
Southwold
Agent
MLD Architectural Design ltd
  1. Received19 Feb
  2. Validated24 Feb
  3. Consult.27 Mar
  4. Target21 Apr
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 27 March.

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About this application

This is a full planning application for a two storey rear extension at 31 Station Road Southwold Suffolk IP18 6AX. East Suffolk has handled 5,532 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 19 February 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Southwold conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 71 applications across Southwold. We hold 548 applications in total for the IP18 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
IP18 6AX
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Southwold

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 February 2026
Last date for comments
27 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
MLD Architectural Design ltd
Architect profile
MLD ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN LTD
Agent address
39 Conrad Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 8QD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Southwold
  • Listed building: Grade II: Ferndale CottageOn or next to this site
  • 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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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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.

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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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