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Planning

Wait... Before you contact us, you might find what you're looking for on our planning pages.

Planning applications and Enforcement

View and comment on plans and see the status of planning applications

The Public Access system provides details of every application, including plans, consultation, important dates and responses received. It also provides copies of decision notices on applications since 1948, along with plans and documents for more recent years.

Planning and Building Control Support Team 

For queries regarding invalid planning or building control applications, to pay application fees or to book building control inspections. 
Email: planning@eastsuffolk.gov.uk
Phone: 
01394 444832

Duty Planner

For basic planning advice and guidance, such as whether planning permission is required (10am-4pm weekdays).

For more complex queries you will need to submit a pre-application enquiry.

To contact the Duty Planner, we recommend using the form because it will guide you through questions related to your enquiry and better help us to provide a response.

Form: Contact the Duty Planner

Planning Enforcement 

For potential breaches of planning controls such as where work requiring planning permission is undertaken without permission.  

To report a potential breach of planning control, we recommend using the form. For existing planning enforcement cases, we recommend using email.

Website: Planning Enforcement
Form: Report a possible breach of planning control

Community Infrastructure Levy and Section 106 (i.e. Developer Contributions)

For queries regarding developer contributions to CIL and S106. 
Website: Developer contributions
Email: CIL@eastsuffolk.gov.uk
Phone: 01502 523059

For a live planning application, if Public Access does not provide you with the information you are looking for, you can contact the named Case Officer found on the ‘further information’ tab. Contact details can also be found on the map of the District and alphabetical list of Parishes. The parishes each area team covers can also be found via Geographic Information System.

Building Control

Building Control

For queries in relation to Building Regulations. 

Contact the Building Control Team
Building Control documents, decisions and completions

Planning Policy

Planning Policy

For queries relating to Local Plans and Neighbourhood Plans.   

Website: Planning policy and local plans
Website: Neighbourhood Plans
Email: planningpolicy@eastsuffolk.gov.uk
Phone: 01394 444557

Specialist Services

Trees and Landscape 

For queries relating to tree protection and landscape planning matters.      

Website: Trees
Website: Landscape
Email: treesandlandscape@eastsuffolk.gov.uk

Design and Heritage

For queries in relation to heritage assets and design. 

Website: Design
Website: Heritage
Email: heritage@eastsuffolk.gov.uk 
Phone: 01394 444610

Ecology 

For queries relating to ecological protection and ecological planning matters. 


Website: Ecology
Email: ecology@eastsuffolk.gov.uk

Local Land Charges, street naming and numbering

Local land charges

For queries relating to local land charges and requests for documents not available on public access. 


Website: Landscape
Email: treesandlandscape@eastsuffolk.gov.uk
Phone: 01394 444301

Street naming and numbering

For queries about street naming and numbering, property name changes and street nameplates. 

Website: Street naming and numbering
Email: llpg@eastsuffolk.gov.uk
Phone: 01394 444261

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