Planning application
Unit 9 36 - 38 Woodbridge Road Rushmere St Andrew Ipswich Suffolk IP5 1BH
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Retrospective Application - Change of use of building from ancillary to the use of the main building as a physiotherapy and sports injury clinic and for not other purpose in Class D1 to E(c) Provision of: E(c)(i) Financial services, E(c)(ii) Professional services (other than health or medical services), or E(c)(iii) Other appropriate services in a commercial, business or service locality
As published by the council, reference DC/26/0415/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/0415/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 2 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 23 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Carlford And Fynn Valley
- Parish
- Rushmere St Andrew
- Postcode
- IP5 1BH
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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2 Feb 2026
Received by East Suffolk
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23 Feb 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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9 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 20 April 2026, 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 54 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
6 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
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.
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