Planning application
Suffolk House Fordham Road Newmarket Suffolk CB8 7AA
Works: Windows or glazing
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Planning application - a. proposed external bin store and cycle storage b. three windows installed to north elevation
As published by the council, reference DC/26/0984/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/0984/FUL
- Category
- Full applications
- Status
- Pending Consideration
- Received
- 29 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 27 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Newmarket East
- Parish
- Newmarket Town Council
- Postcode
- CB8 7AA
Site history
Applications at this address on the West Suffolk register
This site has had 3 applications since 2026.
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DC/26/1289/R77 Awaiting decision
Suffolk House Fordham Road Newmarket Suffolk CB8 7AA
Application under regulation 77 of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 - change of use of first and second floors from commercial, business and service (class E) to 24 apartments (class C3)
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DC/26/0985/P3CMA Awaiting decision
Suffolk House Fordham Road Newmarket Suffolk CB8 7AA
Prior approval application under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - change of use of first and second floors from commercial, business and service (class E) to 24 apartments (class C3)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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29 Jun 2026
Received by West Suffolk
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27 Jul 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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31 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 21 September 2026, 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.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Buildingcontrol: BR/96/0375 (Building Work Started)
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
21 documents on file for this application
- BNG REPORT
- BNG METRIC
- ECOLOGY REPORT
- TOWN COUNCIL
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- SCC HIGHWAYS AUTHORITY
- WASTE MANAGEMENT
- DRILL HALL COTTAGE - COMMENT
- TRANSPORT STATEMENT
- DAYLIGHT AND SUNLIGHT ASSESSMENT
- ACOUSTIC REPORT
- SUPERSEDED PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN
- LOCATION PLAN
- BLOCK PLAN
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED BIN STORE PLANS
- PROPOSED BIKE STORAGE DATA SHEET
- PROPOSED BIKE STORAGE PLAN
- EXISTING ELEVATIONS
- APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
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 83 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About full applications
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