Planning application
Suffolk House Fordham Road Newmarket Suffolk CB8 7AA
Works: New dwelling Major scheme
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
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)
As published by the council, reference DC/26/0985/P3CMA
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/0985/P3CMA
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Prior approval required & granted
- Received
- 29 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 21 Jul 2026
- Decided
- 2 Oct 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/26/0984/FUL Granted
Suffolk House Fordham Road Newmarket Suffolk CB8 7AA
Planning application - a. proposed external bin store and cycle storage b. three windows installed to north elevation
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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29 Jun 2026
Received by West Suffolk
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21 Jul 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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24 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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2 Oct 2026
Decision issued: Prior approval required & granted
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2 Oct 2026
Status changed to Decided
Previously Pending Consideration.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
20 documents on file for this application
- BNG METRIC
- ECOLOGY ASSESSMENT
- BNG REPORT
- SCC HIGHWAYS AUTHORITY
- LINCOLN LODGE - COMMENTS
- TOWN COUNCIL
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- DRILL HALL COTTAGE - COMMENTS
- TRANSPORT STATEMENT
- DAYLIGHT AND SUNLIGHT ASSESSMENT
- SUFFOLK FIRE & RESCUE
- SUPERSEDED PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- ENVIRONMENT TEAM - CONTAMINATED LAND
- PROPOSED SECOND FLOOR PLAN AND ROOF PLAN
- SUPERSEDED PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- PROPOSED BLOCK PLAN
- PROPOSED SECOND AND ROOF PLANS
- PROPOSED GROUND AND FIRST FLOOR PLAN
- LOCATION PLAN
- APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
West Suffolk granted permission on 2 October 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.
About this record
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