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30-38 High Street Haverhill Suffolk CB9 8AR

DC/23/2040/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 9 April 2024

Council decision: Approve applicationPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Planning application - change of use from Class E (c)(i) (professional services) to Class F.1(a) for the provision of education to part of the ground floor and part of the second floor

Received
13 December 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Haverhill Central
  1. Received13 Dec
  2. Validated13 Dec
  3. Consult.30 Mar
  4. Target10 Feb
  5. Decided9 Apr

Decided in 118 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 30-38 High Street Haverhill Suffolk CB9 8AR. West Suffolk has handled 2,535 applications of this type. This one was decided in 118 days, 9 weeks longer than West Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 12 applications across Haverhill Central. We hold 370 applications in total for the CB9 postcode area.

94% of full applications at West Suffolk Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CB9 8AR
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Haverhill Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 December 2023
Consultation expiry
30 March 2024
Consultation start
15 March 2024
Consultation end
30 March 2024
Neighbour consultation end
30 March 2024
Target decision date
10 February 2024
Committee meeting
3 April 2024
Permission expires
9 April 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
West Suffolk Council
Agent address
West Suffolk Council West Suffolk House Western Way Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 3YU

Planning decision

Statutory period
59 days

Publicity

Site notice start
8 January 2024
Site notice end
29 January 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12654588
Documents
19
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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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© 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.

Source: West Suffolk

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