Hatchfield Farm Fordham Road Newmarket Suffolk CB8 7XL Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Reserved matters application - submission of details under outline planning permission - access (other than the previously approved and installed means of access), appearance, landscaping, layout and scale - for the construction of three commercial units (use class B2/B8 and E(g) Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 7 Sept 2026 · Committee · Last checked 8 Sept 2026
Planning committee
Decided by West Suffolk Development Control Committee on 2 Sept 2026.
Approved
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised approval because the details matched the outline permission, supported sustainable travel and provided acceptable design and landscaping.
- The council, residents and racing representatives raised concerns about HGV traffic, noise, lighting, scale and effects on horseracing.
- Members voted 13 to 2 to grant permission subject to conditions.
Source: Plota analysis of West Suffolk's committee minutes of 2 Sept 2026.
Documents 35
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 5
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 24
Associated applications 3
Part of
- Reserved mattersReserved matters application - submission of details - access (other than the previously…This applicationDC/26/0683/RM
Site constraints 3
Checked on 2 November 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate 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 £700,000 in July 2025. Detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in November 2023, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- West Suffolk
- Application type
- Reserved Matters Approval
- Postcode
- CB8 7XL
- Received
- 1 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 13 May 2026
- Ward
- Newmarket North
- Parish
- Newmarket Town Council
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 7 Sept 2026
- Decision
- Approve application
- Decision date
- 7 Sept 2026
- Decision level
- Committee
- Agent
- Lichfields
How this decision compares
Decided in 117 days from validation, 47 days slower than West Suffolk's median of 70 for commercial and major works. Approved, as 100% of commercial and major works here are.
Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by West Suffolk in the last twelve months, from validation. West Suffolk decision record →
Public comments
25 neighbours consulted · Last counted 8 Sept 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14862080
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14862080
- Consultation
- 7 Aug 2026
- Comments by
- 21 Aug 2026
- Site or press notice
- 1 Jun 2026
- Committee
- 2 Sept 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 12 Aug 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
31 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
Nearby activity
West Suffolk is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #208 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
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Council archive
Hatchfield Farm Fordham Road Newmarket Suffolk CB8 7XL
Outline planning application (means of access to be considered) - a. construction of general industrial/storage and distribution/commercial use buildings (use class B2/B8 and E(g) b. highway and access works c. car parking d. landscaping and associated works
- Received
- 28 May 2024
- Decided
- 4 Apr 2025
- Outcome
- Approved