Planning application
Fountain House Tea Room The Street East Bergholt CO7 6TB
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Application under Section 73 of The Town and Country Planning Act for B/08/00470 (Change of use to tearooms) for the variation or removal of Condition 2 (Business hours) to increase the premises opening hours extending to 10.30pm Tuesday through Saturday.
As published by the council, reference DC/26/00521
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/00521
- Type
- Full App Without Compliance of Condition
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 9 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 10 Feb 2026
- Ward
- East Bergholt
- Parish
- East Bergholt
- Postcode
- CO7 6TB
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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9 Feb 2026
Received by Mid Suffolk
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10 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 7 April 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Mid Suffolk took a median of 48 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
5 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.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Mid Suffolk for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Mid Suffolk decided condition discharge and variation applications in a median of 46 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About condition discharge and variation applications
This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.
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