Planning application
Suffolk House Fordham Road Newmarket Suffolk CB8 7AA
Works: Windows or glazing
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
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
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approve application
- Received
- 29 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 27 Jul 2026
- Decided
- 23 Sep 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: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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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 ground, first and second floors from commercial, business and service (class E) to 24 apartments (class C3)
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DC/26/0985/P3CMA Granted
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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23 Sep 2026
Decision issued: Approve application
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23 Sep 2026
Status changed to Decided
Previously Pending Consideration.
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
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
West Suffolk granted permission on 23 September 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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