Planning application
Gateway House Ipswich Road Needham Market Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8EL
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Proposal
Application under Section 73 of The Town and Country Planning Act 1990 - Variation of Condition 2 (Expiry of Permission) of Planning Permission DC/24/05195 dated 23/01/25 - Siting of new temporary buildings to provide soil shed, office, laboratory and tea room to be used in connection with the existing building and retention of storage container
As published by the council, reference DC/26/03751
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/03751
- Type
- Full App Without Compliance of Condition
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 26 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 27 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Needham Market
- Parish
- Needham Market
- Postcode
- IP6 8EL
Site history
Applications at this address on the Mid Suffolk register
This site has had 2 applications since 2020: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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DC/20/05629 Granted
Gateway House Ipswich Road Needham Market Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8EL
Planning Application - Erection of container over existing to provide additional archive storage with external staircase and placing 2 No portacabins over existing laboratory buildings.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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26 Aug 2026
Received by Mid Suffolk
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27 Aug 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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7 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 22 October 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 52 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
4 documents on file for this application
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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 50 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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95% historically approved · decision due ~22 Oct
Application under Section 73 of The Town and Country Planning Act 1990 - Variation of Condition 2 (Expiry of Permission) of Planning Permission DC/24/05195 dated 23/01/25 - Siting of new temporary buildings to provide soil shed, office, laboratory and tea room to be used in connection with the existing building and retention of storage container
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