Planning application
21 Church Street Southwold Suffolk IP18 6JG
Works: Extension Domestic
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Variation of Condition No. 2 of DC/25/1864/FUL - Conversion and alterations to storage workshop and Class E building, including the construction of a connecting extension to create a 3-bedroom dwellinghouse - Updated plan and details submitted
As published by the council, reference DC/25/4237/VOC
Application record
- Reference
- DC/25/4237/VOC
- Type
- Variation of Conditions
- Status
- Permitted
- Decision
- Application Permitted
- Received
- 3 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 4 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 8 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Southwold
- Parish
- Southwold
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- IP18 6JG
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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3 Nov 2025
Received by East Suffolk
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4 Nov 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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8 Jan 2026
Decision issued: Application Permitted
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9 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
15 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
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The process from here
Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
About amendments applications
How this application type works
An amendment application changes a permission that already exists. Non-material amendments cover small adjustments with no wider effect, while minor material amendments, usually made by varying a condition, allow modest design changes without a fresh application. Anything beyond that needs a new permission, so the scope here is deliberately narrow.
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