Sweffling Lodge Rectory Road Sweffling Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 2BG

1. 1 Jul 2026

   Received by East Suffolk

2. 21 Aug 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 10 Sep 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 16 October 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 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 heritage and listed building applications in a median of 70 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

Listed building consent is needed for works that affect the special interest of a listed building, and carrying out such works without it is a criminal offence. More in our guide to planning application types.

• The Old Rectory Rectory Road Sweffling Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 2BG

  DC/26/0058/FUL Submitted 8 Jan 2026 150 yards away

  93% historically approved · decision due ~12 Mar

  Minor internal alterations to the ground floor of the north range, construction of a small extension within the existing service courtyard and formation of a new opening in the service courtyard wall to allow a better connection to the garden.

  Awaiting decision Full applications Extension 30 docs

• The Old Rectory Rectory Road Sweffling Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 2BG

  DC/26/0059/LBC Submitted 8 Jan 2026 150 yards away

  Listed Building Consent - Minor internal alterations to the ground floor of the north range, construction of a small extension within the existing service courtyard and formation of a new opening in the service courtyard wall to allow a better connection to the garden.

  Granted Heritage and listed buildings Extension 31 docs

• Mill House Mill Road Sweffling Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 2BE

  DC/19/4578/FUL Submitted 22 Nov 2019 200 yards away

  Replacement dwelling, garage and studio building

  Granted Full applications 25 docs
  Domestic

• DC/26/2096/LBC Granted

  Rere-Dorter Barn Abbey Farm Abbey Farm Lane Butley Suffolk IP12 3NP

  Listed Building Consent - Removal of a contemporary lean-to rear addition and installation of infill cladding with high-level glazing and timber double doors, together with the re-thatching of the existing barn.

  Received 8 Jun, published by the council 27 Jul 2026 Heritage and listed buildings
• DC/26/2631/LBC Granted

  Masonic Hall New Road Framlingham Woodbridge Suffolk IP13 9EH

  Listed Building Consent - Internal alteration to update WC accommodation

  Received 23 Jul, published by the council 2 Aug 2026 Heritage and listed buildings
• DC/26/2538/LBC Granted

  Mills Almshouses Station Road Framlingham Suffolk

  Listed Building Consent - Replace 16nr existing Crittall metal framed single glazed windows to the kitchens, and bathrooms/wet rooms at ground floor level to the rear

  Received 16 Jul, published by the council 27 Jul 2026 Heritage and listed buildings
• DC/26/2530/LBC Granted

  23 Park Lane Southwold Suffolk IP18 6HL

  Listed Building Consent - Retention of emergency repairs to back addition roof above existing kitchen and bathroom at rear of property.

  Received 15 Jul, published by the council 27 Jul 2026 Heritage and listed buildings
• DC/26/3320/LBC Awaiting decision

  The Chapel Seckford Almshouses Seckford Street Woodbridge Suffolk IP12 4NB

  Listed Building Consent - Replacement of the existing cross above the Chapel roof, no alterations are proposed to the wider historic fabric of the Chapel or Almshouse complex.

  Received 21 Sep, published by the council 4 Oct 2026 Heritage and listed buildings