Thyme Cottage Mill Lane Southwold Suffolk IP18 6HW Data via plota.co.uk

DC/26/3842/FUL - Full Application Awaiting decision
Extensions & alterations

Proposal

Replacing existing summer house with a new garden studio, without increasing hard standing. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
30 Oct 2026
✓
Validated
3 Nov 2026
Decision
Expected by 29 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 29 Dec 2026, from East Suffolk's recent extensions.

Documents 7

Statements & assessments 1

PDF DESIGN, ACCESS AND HERITAGE STATEMENT Supporting Documents · 30 Oct 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 3

PDF LOCATION PLAN Site Plan · 30 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF 26.1000 EXISTING BLOCK PLAN Drawing · 30 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF 26.1001.02 PROPOSED PLANS, ELEVATIONS & BLOCK PLAN Drawing · 30 Oct 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 30 Oct 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF INFO SHEET Neighbour Notification List · 3 Nov 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF EXISTING SUMMER HOUSE Photographs · 3 Nov 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 10

Grade II listed: The Old Chapel
List entry 1384395 · 20 m away · 60 more listed buildings within 150 m (3 Grade II*, 57 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.
Show the other 60 with distances
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.
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 244 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 268 m away: Minsmere-Walberswick Heaths and Marshes SSSI; Inside the Southwold built-up area; National infrastructure project 1842 m away: LionLink Interconnector, at pre-application; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 4 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 2

Last sold for £455,000 in January 2012. Detached house, freehold.

12 January 2012£455,000
16 April 1999£240,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area106 m² (1,141 sq ft)
Energy ratingF (32 out of 100), could reach E
PropertyDetached house, 5 habitable rooms
Built1950 to 1966
HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas
WallsCavity wall, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in October 2011, 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
IP18 6HW
Received
30 Oct 2026
Validated
3 Nov 2026
Ward
Southwold
Parish
Southwold
Case officer
Show
Target decision
29 Dec 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Paul Bradley Ltd, Architecture

Decision outlook

Day 3 of the 56-day target. East Suffolk usually decides extensions by day 56.

Day 353 days to the 56-day target
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 →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

4 neighbours consulted · Last counted 4 Nov 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
29 Dec 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

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 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.