Suffolk House Fordham Road Newmarket Suffolk CB8 7AA Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Prior approval application under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - change of use of first and second floors from commercial, business and service (class E) to 24 apartments (class C3) Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 2 Oct 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 3 Oct 2026
Documents 15
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 5
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 7
Site constraints 3
Checked on 6 October 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.
Sales history 3
Last sold for £1,200,000 in July 2026. Other property, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
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Important details
- Council
- West Suffolk
- Application type
- Prior Approval Commercial to Dwelling
- Postcode
- CB8 7AA
- Received
- 29 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 21 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Newmarket East
- Parish
- Newmarket Town Council
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 17 Oct 2026
- Decision
- Prior approval required & granted
- Decision date
- 2 Oct 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Andrew Feasey
- Freehold owner
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 73 days from validation, 16 days slower than West Suffolk's median of 57 for changes of use. Approved, as 92% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by West Suffolk in the last twelve months, from validation. West Suffolk decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
1 neighbour consulted · Last counted 3 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-15017321
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-15017321
- Consultation
- 21 Jul 2026
- Comments by
- 21 Aug 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 15 Sept 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
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.
Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.
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