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99% of the 98 applications for building work East Suffolk decided since 6 September 2026 were approved; half were decided within 56 days. Plan Forecast, 4 November 2026.
Time to decide: half were decided within 56 days, counted from the day the application was valid (or received, where the register gives no valid date) over the 98 decisions with both dates.
Approval rates by type of work
- Garden room or outbuilding 100% of 26 decisions, a small sample
- Rear extension 100% of 25 decisions, a small sample
- Two-storey extension 100% of 14 decisions, a small sample
- Loft conversion or dormer 100% of 13 decisions, a small sample
- Side extension too few to say 9 decisions
- Front porch too few to say 4 decisions
- New dwelling in a garden too few to say 4 decisions
- Change of use too few to say 2 decisions
- Garage conversion too few to say 1 decisions
Before you apply
Whether the commonest kinds of work in East Suffolk need planning permission at all, from the law itself, rule by rule.
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Check your project
Put a pin on your house, describe the work, and see it measured against each permitted development limit, with the clause it comes from. A guide, not a guarantee.
Where East Suffolk stands
The government's own count, every kind of application together: a different question from the rates above, which are one kind of work at a time. Why the figures differ.
The long view
Recent decisions in East Suffolk
Straight from the register. Addresses are reduced to the street here; the report you get names the property.
Scott Lane Melton Woodbridge Suffolk
ApprovedConversion of building to 3 no. townhouses and 6 no. flats, including 4 no. garages and associated alterations
Decided 4 November 2026 DC/25/3519/FUL
Scott Lane Melton Woodbridge Suffolk
ApprovedListed Building Consent - Conversion of building to 3 no. townhouses and 6 no. flats, including 4 no. garages and associated alterations
Decided 4 November 2026 DC/25/4762/LBC
Queens Road Felixstowe Suffolk
ApprovedChange of use from offices to flats
Decided 3 November 2026 DC/25/4256/FUL
Questions people ask
What is East Suffolk's planning approval rate?
99% of the 98 applications for building work East Suffolk decided since 6 September 2026 were approved, counting those that went one way or the other. It differs by kind of work.
What percentage of garden room or outbuilding applications does East Suffolk approve?
100% of garden room or outbuilding applications decided by East Suffolk were approved, over 26 decisions.
How many planning decisions does Plan Forecast hold for East Suffolk?
325 decided applications, from September 2026 to November 2026, read from East Suffolk's own planning register.
Is this East Suffolk's planning website?
No. Plan Forecast is independent of East Suffolk: we count the decisions on its public planning register. To look up, track or comment on an application, use East Suffolk's own register, at publicaccess.eastsuffolk.gov.uk.
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These are East Suffolk's figures as a whole. Put in your postcode and we will show you the rate for what you are planning, and the decisions on your own streets.
Figures are counts of published decisions, not planning advice. Every application is judged on its own merits. How these figures are made.