Snape Maltings Snape Bridge Tunstall Suffolk IP17 1SR Data via plota.co.uk

DC/26/2504/DRC - Approval of Details Reserved by Cond. Awaiting decision

Proposal

Discharge of Condition Nos. 3 and 5 of - Improvements to existing flood defences comprising: a mix of hard and soft engineering works which will raise, renew or replace existing flood defence structures and affecting buildings and structures within the curtilage of a listed building; replacement of ground floor windows to the east elevation of the concert hall - Ecological Mitigation and Improvement Plan and i) Specification for new walling brickwork; brick bond; mortar type; coping; and junction with existing bridge to be supplied. ii) Replacement steel moorings to existing quayside upstand where replaced to match existing in position, size and material iii) Details of the connection between the new flood wall and north gable of the concert hall iv) Details of new platform lift from external terrace to refectory/concert hall entrance on south elevation to show appearance, position, size. v) Detail of the gradient of the footpath/bank at the eastern end of the works proposed in Area 3. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
13 Jul 2026
Decision
Expected by 7 Sept 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 7 Sept 2026.

Documents 26

Statements & assessments 23

PDF ESC ECOLOGY Consultee Comment · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF ESC DESIGN AND HERITAGE Consultee Comment · 22 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT, MITIGATION & ENHANCEMENT STRATEGY Supporting Documents · 13 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 732_A_FLD1_DRW_10_010 REV P4 FLD1 - FLOOD DEFENCE WORKS GENERAL ARRANGEMENT PLAN - AREA 1 & 2 QUAYSIDE PROPOS Drawing · 13 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 732_A_FLD1_DRW_10_011 REV P4 FLD1 - FLOOD DEFENCE WORKS GENERAL ARRANGEMENT PLAN - AREA 3 & 4 HENRY MOORE LAW Drawing · 13 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 732_A_FLD1_DRW_10_020 REV P1 FLD1 - FLOOD DEFENCE WORKS AREA 4: HENRY MOORE LAWN ABUTMENT WITH LISTED BUILDIN Drawing · 13 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 732_A_FLD1_DRW_10_021 REV P1 FLD1 - FLOOD DEFENCE WORKS AREA 6: BARBARA HEPWORTH LAWN & CAR PARK ABUTMENT WIT Drawing · 13 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 732_A_FLD1_DRW_10_110 REV P2 FLD1 - FLOOD DEFENCE WORKS AREA 1: ALLIANCE HOUSE SECTION AA EXISTING, CONSENTED Drawing · 13 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 732_A_FLD1_DRW_10_120 REV P3 FLD1 - FLOOD DEFENCE WORKS AREA 1 & 2: QUAYSIDE SECTIONS EXISTING, CONSENTED & P Drawing · 13 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 732_A_FLD1_DRW_10_130 REV P3 FLD1 - FLOOD DEFENCE WORKS AREA 3: HENRY MOORE LAWN SECTION EXISTING, CONSENTED Drawing · 13 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 732_A_FLD1_DRW_10_131 REV P3 FLD1 - FLOOD DEFENCE WORKS AREA 3 & 4: HENRY MOORE LAWN SECTION EE EXISTING, CON Drawing · 13 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 732_A_FLD1_DRW_10_132 REV P3 FLD1 - FLOOD DEFENCE WORKS AREA 3 & 4: HENRY MOORE LAWN SECTION FF EXISTING, CON Drawing · 13 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 732_A_FLD1_DRW_10_133 REV P3 FLD1 - FLOOD DEFENCE WORKS AREA 3 & 4: HENRY MOORE LAWN SECTION GG EXISTING, CON Drawing · 13 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 732_A_FLD1_DRW_10_134 REV P2 FLD1 - FLOOD DEFENCE WORKS AREA 3 & 4: HENRY MOORE LAWN SECTION HH EXISTING, CON Drawing · 13 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 732_A_FLD1_DRW_10_135 REV P2 FLD1 - FLOOD DEFENCE WORKS AREA 3 & 4: HENRY MOORE LAWN SECTION II EXISTING, CON Drawing · 13 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 732_A_FLD1_DRW_10_410 REV P1 FLD1 - FLOOD DEFENCE WORKS AREA 1: ALLIANCE HOUSE TYPICAL DETAILS Drawing · 13 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 732_A_FLD1_DRW_10_411 REV P1 FLD1 - FLOOD DEFENCE WORKS AREA 1: ALLIANCE HOUSE ABUTMENT DETAILS Drawing · 13 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 732_A_FLD1_DRW_10_420 REV P2 FLD1 - FLOOD DEFENCE WORKS AREA 2: QUAYSIDE TYPICAL DETAILS Drawing · 13 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 732_A_FLD1_DRW_10_430 REV P2 FLD1 - FLOOD DEFENCE WORKS EXTERNAL STEPS 1 SETTING OUT PLAN & SECTION DETAILS Drawing · 13 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 732_A_FLD1_DRW_10_431 REV P2 FLD1 - FLOOD DEFENCE WORKS EXTERNAL STEPS 1 ELEVATION Drawing · 13 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 732_A_FLD1_DRW_10_432 REV P2 FLD1 - FLOOD DEFENCE WORKS AREA 4: HENRY MOORE LAWN EXTERNAL STEPS 2 - CONCERT H Drawing · 13 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 732_A_FLD1_DRW_10_433 REV P2 FLD1 - FLOOD DEFENCE WORKS EXTERNAL STEPS 2 - CONCERT HALL SECTION DETAILS Drawing · 13 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 732_A_FLD1_DRW_10_434 REV P2 FLD1 - FLOOD DEFENCE WORKS EXTERNAL STEPS 2 - CONCERT HALL ELEVATION & SECTION D Drawing · 13 Jul 2026 View ↗

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    Conditions 3, 5 awaiting decision · 2 variation sought

Site constraints 11

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
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.
Bawdsey to Aldeburgh across the site
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site; the route and its margin are protected.
Snape Maltings 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.
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map, which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Special area of conservation 74 m away: Alde-Ore & Butley Estuaries
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
SSSI 74 m away: Round Hill Pit, Aldeburgh SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
4 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: The Britten Pears Building, Snape Maltings, Grade II, 34 m away · 1 Grade II*, 3 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.
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Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Priority habitat 33 m away: Coastal saltmarsh.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. 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.

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Important details

Application type
Approval of Details Reserved by Cond.
Postcode
IP17 1SR
Received
13 Jul 2026
Validated
13 Jul 2026
Ward
Rendlesham And Orford
Parish
Tunstall
Case officer
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Target decision
7 Sept 2026
Applicant
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Agent
Bidwells

Public comments

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Last counted 13 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
7 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No
East Suffolk
Planning Authority Score
5.3/10
Average
#129 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

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%).

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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