24 Market Street Newmarket Suffolk CB8 8EF

1. 21 Aug 2026

   Received by West Suffolk

2. 25 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 16 October 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.

This application is with West Suffolk for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year West Suffolk decided prior approval applications in a median of 56 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.

• Bushel Inn Market Street Newmarket CB8 8EE

  DC/16/2822/LB Submitted 23 Dec 2016 50 yards away

  Application for Listed Building Consent - (i) Removal of internal loadbearing wall (ii) Alteration to bar counter

  Withdrawn Heritage and listed buildings 9 docs

• 74-76 High Street Newmarket Suffolk CB8 8JX

  DC/26/1286/P3CMA Submitted 21 Aug 2026 50 yards away

  96% historically approved · decision due ~21 Oct

  Prior approval application under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - change of use of ground, first and second floors from commercial, business and service (class E) to four dwellings (class C3)

  Awaiting decision Prior approval 25 docs
  Several homes

• The Guineas Shopping Centre The Rookery Newmarket Suffolk CB8 8EQ

  DC/24/1400/TPO Submitted 25 Sep 2024 50 yards away

  TPO 001 (2015) tree preservation order - one Horse chestnut (T1 on plan, T1 on order) overall crown reduction of two metres and thin the crown by 30 percent; one Horse chestnut (T2 on plan, T2 on order) crown reduction of up to three metres on the south eastern aspect and thin the crown by 30 percent

  Granted Trees 15 docs

• Surrey House 41 High Street Newmarket Suffolk CB8 8NA

  DC/26/0662/FUL Submitted 27 Apr 2026 100 yards away

  Planning application - conversion of ground, first and second floor to three dwellings with access from Palace Street

  Granted Full applications 15 docs
  Several homes

• 5A, 5B, 5C And Flat 1 Wellington Street Newmarket Suffolk CB8 0HT

  DC/24/1524/FUL Submitted 16 Oct 2024 100 yards away

  Planning application - internal alterations to existing three flats to create an additional flat

  Granted Full applications New dwelling 12 docs
  Several homes

• 5A, 5B, 5C And Flat 1 Wellington Street Newmarket Suffolk CB8 0HT

  DC/24/1525/LB Submitted 16 Oct 2024 100 yards away

  Application for listed building consent - internal alterations to existing three flats to create an additional flat

  Granted Heritage and listed buildings New dwelling 10 docs
  Several homes

• DC/26/1286/P3CMA Awaiting decision

  74-76 High Street Newmarket Suffolk CB8 8JX

  Prior approval application under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - change of use of ground, first and second floors from commercial, business and service (class E) to four dwellings (class C3)

  Received 21 Aug, published by the council 27 Aug 2026 Prior approval
• DC/26/1117/P3CMA Awaiting decision

  Units 1 To 2 Hill View Works Simms Lane Hundon Sudbury Suffolk CO10 8DT

  Prior approval application under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - change of use from one commercial, business and service unit (class E) to one dwelling (class C3)

  Received 23 Jul, published by the council 20 Aug 2026 Prior approval
• DC/26/0614/HPA Decided

  6 Walton Way Brandon Suffolk IP27 0HP

  Householder prior approval - single storey rear extension which extends beyond the rear wall of the original house by 7.5 metres with a maximum height of 4 metres and a height of 2.3 metres to the eaves

  Received 17 Apr, published by the council 24 Jul 2026 Prior approval
• DC/26/0457/P3QPA Granted

  Barn C The Old Slaughterhouse The Street Troston Suffolk

  Prior approval application under part 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment and Consequential Provisions) (England) Order 2015 - change of use from agricultural building including rear extension to create one dwelling (class C3)

  Received 20 Mar, published by the council 24 Jul 2026 Prior approval
• DC/26/0513/HPA Decided

  75 Nowton Road Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 2BU

  Householder prior approval - single storey rear extension which extends beyond the rear wall of the original house by 4.6 metres with a maximum height of 2.9 metres and a height of 2.9 metres to the eaves

  Received 29 Mar, published by the council 24 Jul 2026 Prior approval