42 Westward Ho Leiston Suffolk IP16 4HU

1. 20 Mar 2025

   Received by East Suffolk

2. 30 May 2025

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 13 Sep 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 25 July 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

   East Suffolk took a median of 53 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

This application is with East Suffolk for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year East Suffolk decided full applications in a median of 68 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go, with siting, design, access and landscaping all fixed at this stage. More in our guide to planning application types.

• Land At The Rear Of St Margarets Crescent Leiston Suffolk

  DC/25/3701/DRC Submitted 26 Sep 2025 172m away

  Discharge of Condition No. 10 of DC/21/1548/ARM - Approval of Reserved Matters of DC/16/2104/OUT - Erection of 77 dwellings with associated access, infrastructure, landscaping and amenity space - Surface water drainage verification report

  Granted Conditions 7 docs
  Major scheme

• Unit 16 Masterlord Industrial Estate Station Road Leiston Suffolk IP16 4JD

  DC/26/0307/FUL Submitted 27 Jan 2026 331m away

  93% historically approved · decision due ~8 Apr

  Construction of mezzanine floor to form office space.

  Awaiting decision Full applications 9 docs

• Bear Lodge 50 Waterloo Avenue Leiston Suffolk IP16 4HE

  DC/26/2420/FUL Submitted 3 Jul 2026 351m away

  93% historically approved · decision due ~9 Sep

  Demolition of conservatory and side extensions - reconstruction using more thermally efficient materials

  Awaiting decision Full applications Extension Demolition 7 docs

• 56 Waterloo Avenue Leiston Suffolk IP16 4HE

  DC/25/1779/FUL Submitted 30 Apr 2025 352m away

  Construction of a single storey annexe ancillary to dwellinghouse

  Granted Full applications 22 docs
  Small domestic

• Former 45 Waterloo Avenue Leiston Suffolk

  DC/25/4605/DRC Submitted 28 Nov 2025 410m away

  Discharge of Conditions 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 14 of DC/25/2228/FUL - Erection of self build detached, single storey dwelling, new access, new garage and associated work - Construction Management Strategy, Method Statement for amphibians, reptiles and hedgehogs, Construction Environmental Management Plan, Environmental Phase 2 Investigation Report, Remediation Strategy and Lighting Design Strategy for Biodiversity.

  Granted Conditions New dwelling 15 docs
  Small domestic

• 45 Waterloo Avenue Leiston Suffolk IP16 4HH

  DC/25/2228/FUL Submitted 5 Jun 2025 411m away

  Erection of self build detached, single storey dwelling, new access, new garage and associated work

  Granted Full applications New dwelling 35 docs
  Small domestic

• DC/26/2060/FUL Granted

  50 Rodber Way Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 4WJ

  Multi use room at the bottom of the garden, single storey, wood frame, single door, no wc or cooking facilities. no glazing as use of building will be used as golf simulator

  4 Jun 2026 Full applications
• DC/26/2605/FUL Granted

  48 Haugh Lane Woodbridge Suffolk IP12 1JG

  Enclosing rear garden in 1.8m wooden fence with concrete posts

  22 Jul 2026 Full applications
• DC/26/2606/FUL Granted

  2 Hertfords Place Chillesford Woodbridge Suffolk IP12 3SD

  Construction of a detached, timber-framed garden studio to the side/rear of house for use as home office

  22 Jul 2026 Full applications
• DC/26/2575/FUL Granted

  4 Pine Bank Martlesham Heath Martlesham Ipswich Suffolk IP5 3UP

  Construction of a single storey rear extension

  20 Jul 2026 Full applications
• DC/26/2503/FUL Granted

  4 Lucerne Close Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 8RB

  Single storey side extension to house

  13 Jul 2026 Full applications