Unit 2 Church Place Retail Park Church Street Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 1EP Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of use from betting shop (sui generis) to hot food takeaway (sui generis), installation of extract and ventilation equipment and minor external alterations. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 21 Nov 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 14 Oct 2026
Documents 26
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 3
Plans & drawings 6
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 6
Other documents 8
Site constraints 6
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.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in August 2020, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- East Suffolk
- Application type
- Full Application
- Postcode
- IP17 1EP
- Received
- 22 Sept 2025
- Validated
- 30 Sept 2025
- Ward
- Saxmundham
- Parish
- Saxmundham
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 25 Nov 2025
- Decision
- Application Permitted
- Decision date
- 21 Nov 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Agent
- Pegasus Planning Group Ltd
How this decision compares
Decided in 52 days from validation, 5 days faster than East Suffolk's median of 57 for full applications. Approved, as 94% of full applications here are.
Plota live figures for full applications decided by East Suffolk in the last twelve months, from validation. East Suffolk decision record →
Public comments
3 neighbours consulted · Last counted 14 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Statutory expiry
- 25 Nov 2025
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
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%).
Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use
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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