The Sacred Heart Church Wymering Road Southwold Suffolk IP18 6AH Data via plota.co.uk

DC/25/3994/CON - Other Consultation Responded

Proposal

To install a new heating system inside the church Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
17 Oct 2025
Decision
Target date was 7 Nov 2025

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 6 Nov 2026; it is now day 385.

Site constraints 11

Grade II listed: Church of the Sacred Heart, and attached Presbytery
List entry 1384451 · 8 m away · 10 more listed buildings within 150 m (2 Grade II*, 8 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 ↗
Heritage coast: Suffolk
A defined stretch of undeveloped coastline.
Development inconsistent with keeping the coast undeveloped is resisted.
Public footpath 25 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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Heritage at risk 8 m away: Church of the Sacred Heart and attached presbytery, Wymering Road; SSSI 346 m away: Minsmere-Walberswick Heaths and Marshes SSSI; Special area of conservation 459 m away: Outer Thames Estuary; Inside the Southwold built-up area; National infrastructure project 1962 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 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.

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Important details

Application type
Other Consultation
Postcode
IP18 6AH
Received
17 Oct 2025
Validated
17 Oct 2025
Ward
Southwold
Parish
Southwold
Case officer
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Target decision
7 Nov 2025
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 385, past the statutory target. 86% of other in East Suffolk are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 3 Nov 2026.

Day 385329 days past the 56-day target
67%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
2,307decided in the last year

Plota live figures for other decided across the UK in the last twelve months, from validation; too few recent other in East Suffolk to go on. East Suffolk decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 3 Nov 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
7 Nov 2025
Env. assessment
No
East Suffolk
Planning Authority Score
5.3/10
Average
#129 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder 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

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