27A High Street Southwold Suffolk IP18 6AD Data via plota.co.uk

DC/25/2233/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Replace two existing single glazed wooden windows with new wooden double glazed windows Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
5 Jun 2025
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Validated
15 Jul 2025
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Approved
23 Oct 2025

Approved on 23 Oct 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 15 Oct 2026

Documents 10

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Officer / Committee Report Officer / Committee Report · 23 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF APPROVE - FULL APPLICATION Decision Notice · 23 Oct 2025 View ↗

Statements & assessments 1

PDF HERITAGE STATEMENT Supporting Documents · 15 Jul 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 4

PDF GLAZING BAR DETAILS Drawing · 16 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF LOCATIONPLAN Site Plan · 5 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED REPLACEMENT WINDOW DETAILS Drawing · 5 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF EXISTING ELEVATION AND WINDOWS Drawing · 5 Jun 2025 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 5 Jun 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 2

PDF SOUTHWOLD TOWN COUNCIL Consultee Comment · 30 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF INFO SHEET Neighbour Notification List · 18 Jul 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 8

Grade II listed: 25, High Street
List entry 1384363 · 3 m away · 22 more listed buildings within 150 m (1 Grade II*, 21 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.
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
Special protection area 490 m away: Outer Thames Estuary; SSSI 485 m away: Minsmere-Walberswick Heaths and Marshes SSSI; Inside the Southwold built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

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Important details

Council
East Suffolk
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
IP18 6AD
Received
5 Jun 2025
Validated
15 Jul 2025
Ward
Southwold
Parish
Southwold
Case officer
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Target decision
24 Oct 2025
Decision
Application Permitted
Decision date
23 Oct 2025
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 100 days from validation, 43 days slower than East Suffolk's median of 57 for full applications. Approved, as 94% of full applications here are.

49%decided within 8 weeks
94%approved
1,297decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications 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 15 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
9 Sept 2025
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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Replace the existing timber windows with new uPVC equivalent
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2025 Approved
7 York Road Southwold Suffolk IP18 6AN
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DC/25/1456/TCA
2025 Approved
5 York Road Southwold Suffolk IP18 6AN
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2025 Approved
5 York Road Southwold Suffolk IP18 6AN
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2024 Approved
28 High Street Southwold Suffolk IP18 6AE
Retention and completion of a rear extension, including new door arrangement (alternative…
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2024 Approved
28 High Street Southwold Suffolk IP18 6AE
Retention and completion of a rear extension, including new door arrangement (alternative…
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20 High Street Southwold Suffolk IP18 6AE
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DC/24/3839/LBC
2024 Approved
20 High Street Southwold Suffolk IP18 6AE
Listed Building Consent - Removal of modern studwork partitions to create a practical gro…
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2024 Approved
5 Simons Path Southwold Suffolk IP18 6GL
1no. Pear (Ornamental Pear on plan) - Reduce by 30%
DC/24/3685/TCA
2024 Approved
5 Simons Path Southwold Suffolk IP18 6GL
1no. Pear (Ornamental Pear on plan) - Reduce by 30%
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2024 Approved
5 Wymering Road Southwold Suffolk IP18 6AG
Replacement windows
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2024 Approved
5 Wymering Road Southwold Suffolk IP18 6AG
Replacement windows
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2018 Withdrawn
31 High Street Southwold IP18 6AD
Installation of HVAC units to roof of the building to supply the retail unit
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2018 Withdrawn
31 High Street Southwold IP18 6AD
Installation of HVAC units to roof of the building to supply the retail unit
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2024 Approved
Kings Head Public House 25 High Street Southwold Suffolk IP18 6AD
Listed Building Consent - Removal of modern studwork cupboard partitions to create increa…
DC/24/1455/LBC
2024 Approved
Kings Head Public House 25 High Street Southwold Suffolk IP18 6AD
Listed Building Consent - Removal of modern studwork cupboard partitions to create increa…
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2016 Approved
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To remove a low section of wall on Blackmill Road to allow access for off-street parking
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2016 Refused
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Construction of two storey dwelling
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2016 Approved
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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

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