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Britten Pears School For Advanced Musical Studies Snape Maltings Concert Hall Snape Bridge Tunstall Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 1SP

DC/26/1940/DRCApproval of Details Reserved by Cond.Awaiting decision
Discharge / amendments
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Discharge part of Condition No.3 of DC/25/2818/VOC - Variation of Condition No.2 of DC/25/1472/VOC - Various works including, new lift tower (including sprinkler tank relocation), general access improvements including access ramp and provision of a lift to all floors and internal reconfiguration and refurbishment and remodelled top floor activity space - revised plans in relation to tank details - Verification report

Received
26 May 2026
Decision due
21 July 2026
Ward
Rendlesham And Orford
  1. Received26 May
  2. Validated26 May
  3. Consult.17 Jun
  4. Target21 Jul
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at Britten Pears School For Advanced Musical Studies Snape Maltings Concert Hall Snape Bridge Tunstall Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 1SP. East Suffolk has handled 1,341 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 26 May 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Snape Maltings conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 42 applications across Rendlesham And Orford. We hold 1,357 applications in total for the IP17 postcode area.

99% of conditions 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
IP17 1SP
Application type
Approval of Details Reserved by Cond.
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Tunstall

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 May 2026
Last date for comments
17 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Bidwells
Agent address
Bidwells House Trumpington Road Trumpington Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 9LD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Snape Maltings
  • Listed building: Grade II: Former Granaries at Snape MaltingsOn this site · +3 more
  • National Landscape (AONB): Suffolk Coast & Heaths
  • SSSI: Round Hill Pit, Aldeburgh SSSIPart of the site
  • Special Area of Conservation: Alde-Ore & Butley EstuariesPart of the site
  • Special Protection Area: Alde-Ore EstuaryPart of the site
  • Ramsar wetland: Alde-Ore EstuaryPart of the site
  • Heritage coast: Suffolk

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 (14)

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, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and brownfield registers.

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© 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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    12 May

    Discharge part of Condition No.3 of DC/25/1472/VOC

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDC/25/1907/DRC

Source: East Suffolk

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