25 High Street Southwold Suffolk IP18 6AD Data via plota.co.uk

DC/26/1873/CON - Other Consultation Responded

Proposal

Consultation - 3 tables and 6 chairs. Size of seating area: front of the premises 6.5m X 3m Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
20 May 2026
Decision
Target date was 10 Jun 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 6 Nov 2026; it is now day 170.

Licence at this address

  • Licence Bloom Premises licence · in force since 23 Jul 2025 Licensed hours: alcohol until 17:00 (Fri-Sat 21:00, Sun 16:00)

Licensed hours are what the licence permits, not opening times.

Site constraints 8

22 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: King's Head Hotel, Grade II, about 6 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade II*, 21 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Show all 22 with distances
Historic England ↗
Suffolk Coast & Heaths National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Southwold conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Heritage coast: Suffolk
A defined stretch of undeveloped coastline.
Development inconsistent with keeping the coast undeveloped is resisted.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Special protection area about 497 m away: Outer Thames Estuary; SSSI about 488 m away: Minsmere-Walberswick Heaths and Marshes SSSI; Inside the Southwold built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 2 November 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £625,000 in June 2017. Other property, freehold.

1 June 2017£625,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Application type
Other Consultation
Postcode
IP18 6AD
Received
20 May 2026
Validated
20 May 2026
Ward
Southwold
Parish
Southwold
Case officer
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Target decision
10 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 170, past the statutory target. 71% of commercial and major works in East Suffolk are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 4 Nov 2026.

Day 170114 days past the 56-day target
47%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
5%go to committee

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by East Suffolk in the last twelve months, from validation. East Suffolk decision record →

Public comments

1comment received
1 objecting

Last counted 4 Nov 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
10 Jun 2026
Env. assessment
No
East Suffolk
Planning Authority Score
5.3/10
Average
#129 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

East Suffolk ranks #183 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
East Suffolk decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
92%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #81 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #76 of 296
60%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #183 of 296
42%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #162 of 296
80%
Minor dwellings approved
212 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
19 decided (10+ homes)
81%
Change of use approved
139 decided
1,965
Total decisions
158 refused in the year to March 2026

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.