71 High Street Southwold Suffolk IP18 6DS Data via plota.co.uk

DC/26/0398/LBC - Listed Building Consent Approved

Proposal

Listed Building Consent - Update unsatisfactory outdated electrical wiring. To repair and redecorate all internal and external woodwork and glazing where needed (Windows, doors). To add in new shop fit wall panels, new shop fixtures, new flooring (carpeting to be replaced upstairs). Repair and re paint ceilings, re fit new bathroom suites. Patch repair roof - broken and slipped tiles. Clean valleys and gutters. Re use shop signage and hanging sign brackets which need repairing and re branding. Propose a new customer WC on ground floor level. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
30 Jan 2026
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Validated
24 Feb 2026
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Approved
22 Apr 2026

Approved on 22 Apr 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 13 Jul 2026

Licence at this address

  • Licence Squiers Tearooms Premises licence · in force since 19 Mar 2015 Licensed hours: alcohol until midnight (Sun 23:30)

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

Site constraints 10

Grade II listed: 71, High Street
List entry 1384373 · 4 m away · 45 more listed buildings within 150 m (4 Grade II*, 41 Grade II)
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 ↗
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 ↗
Public footpath 13 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
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.
Special area of conservation 281 m away: Outer Thames Estuary
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.
Also on the record
SSSI 359 m away: Minsmere-Walberswick Heaths and Marshes SSSI; Inside the Southwold built-up area; National infrastructure project 1939 m away: LionLink Interconnector, at pre-application.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 3 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

Floor area193 m² (2,077 sq ft)
Energy ratingD (asset rating 76)
UseRetail/Financial and Professional Services
HeatingHeating and Mechanical Ventilation

From the energy performance certificate lodged in December 2025, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Application type
Listed Building Consent
Postcode
IP18 6DS
Received
30 Jan 2026
Validated
24 Feb 2026
Ward
Southwold
Parish
Southwold
Case officer
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Target decision
21 Apr 2026
Decision
Application Permitted
Decision date
22 Apr 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 57 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Approved, as 96% of extensions here are.

57%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
829decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

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

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.