138 High Street Newmarket Suffolk CB8 8JP

1. 21 Jul 2025

   Received by West Suffolk

2. 4 Aug 2025

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 24 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 29 September 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

   West Suffolk took a median of 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

This application is with West Suffolk for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year West Suffolk decided full applications in a median of 90 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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• 136 - 142 High Street Newmarket Bury St Edmunds Suffolk

  DC/25/1327/P3CMA Submitted 21 Aug 2025 50 yards away

  Prior approval application under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - change of use from commercial/business/service to nine dwellings (class C3)

  Granted Prior approval 78 docs
  Several homes

• 107 High Street Newmarket Suffolk CB8 8JH

  DC/24/0945/FUL Submitted 5 Jul 2024 50 yards away

  Planning application - change of use from betting shop and office (sui generis) to restaurant (class E commercial, business and service)

  Granted Full applications 20 docs

• 107 High Street Newmarket Suffolk CB8 8JH

  DC/25/1297/ADV Submitted 18 Aug 2025 50 yards away

  Application for advertisement consent - one non-illuminated fascia sign

  Granted Advertising 12 docs

• 128 High Street Newmarket Suffolk CB8 8JP

  DC/23/1182/FUL Submitted 27 Jul 2023 50 yards away

  Planning application - a. Installation of compressor units to rear external wall

  Granted Full applications 57 docs

• Play Area High Street Newmarket Suffolk CB8 8JS

  DC/26/0936/TCA Submitted 18 Jun 2026 50 yards away

  98% historically approved · decision due ~13 Aug

  Trees in a conservation area notification - 22 Limes, six Horse Chestnut and 11 Sycamore (marked on plan) re pollard

  Decided Trees

• 3 Rockingham Villas Church Lane Newmarket Suffolk CB8 0HL

  DC/26/0859/TCA Submitted 4 Jun 2026 50 yards away

  98% historically approved · decision due ~30 Jul

  Trees in a conservation area - one eucalyptus (marked on plan) fell

  Decided Trees 5 docs

• DC/26/1592/FUL Awaiting decision

  The Coal Yard Wilde Street Beck Row Suffolk IP28 8BL

  Planning application - access and parking for plots 1 and 2

  Received 19 Oct, published by the council 23 Oct 2026 Full applications
• DC/26/1576/FUL Awaiting decision

  Network House Western Way Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 3SP

  Planning application - installation of three extraction systems and associated external flues

  Received 16 Oct, published by the council 22 Oct 2026 Full applications
• DC/26/1563/FUL Awaiting decision

  Langham Business Park Thingoe Hill Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP32 6BE

  Planning application - a. retention and change of use of existing industrial building to dog-care, grooming and vocational education facility (sui generis) b. single storey micro-business units (use class E(g)) c. designation of yard for open-air commercial storage (use class B8) with associated access, parking and landscaping

  Received 14 Oct, published by the council 21 Oct 2026 Full applications
• DC/26/1565/FUL Awaiting decision

  28 Beechcroft Stanningfield Suffolk IP29 4RT

  Planning application - one dwelling

  Received 14 Oct, published by the council 29 Oct 2026 Full applications
• DC/26/1558/FUL Awaiting decision

  All Saints Hotel The Street Fornham St Genevieve Suffolk IP28 6JQ

  Planning application - overspill car park with associated soft landscaping and tree screening

  Received 13 Oct, published by the council 20 Oct 2026 Full applications