£3,000,000  

The Marlborough Hotel, Sea Road, Felixstowe

  • Bedrooms:
  • 0
  • Type:
  • Other
  • Reference:
  • 14669

Diamond Mills

With planning permission activated for 26 residential apartments, a boutique hotel and commercial units, a rarely available Victorian former hotel situated on Felixstowe sea front.

The former hotel boasting forty nine en suite letting rooms together with a bar, restaurant and function room facilities is located on Sea Road, Felixstowe overlooking the promenade and beach, a short distance from Felixstowe town centre. The town is on the Suffolk coast with approximate distances being: Ipswich, 14 miles, Colchester, 29 miles and London, 93 miles. Trunk road access is excellent with the A14 to the Midlands being easily accessible and regular mainline rail services to London Liverpool Street, from Ipswich, providing journey times of around an hour.

The Port of Felixstowe is now a 'Freeport' and is believed to be Britain's biggest and busiest container port, and one of the largest in Europe. Its economic influence on the town and surrounding areas is significant and ongoing expansion plans will continue, and indeed increase, very substantial benefits to the region.

PLANNING HISTORY Local authority: East Suffolk District Council. planning@eastsuffolk.gov.uk

Detailed planning consent DC/13/2505/FUL was granted by Suffolk Coastal District Council on 13/07/2015 for the provision of 26 apartments in the hotel and new build - six 1 bed, nineteen 2 bed and one 3 bed and the retention of a 14 bed hotel with bar together with separate ground floor restaurant/retail space.

Further planning amendment reference numbers which can be found on the East Suffolk Planning Portal are as follows:

DEVELOPMENT PROPOSED: 1No. communal platform lift within each of the 2No. stair cores of the new 3-storey extension to provide step free access from lower ground floor to second floor flats Ref. No: DC/17/5095/AME

Discharge of conditions 3,4 & 5 of DC/13/2505/FUL - Change of use from hotel only to hotel, residential apartments and retail unit and erection of 9 apartments. Existing 1 story extension to the back is to be demolished. New 3 storey extension / building to be built on Beach Road West. Historic verandas to the Sea Road elevation are to be reintroduced. Ref. No: DC/18/0212/DRC

Removal of condition 2 of Planning Permission DC/13/2506/CAC. Ref. No: DC/18/0933/ROC

Non-Material Amendment of DC/13/2505/FUL (Change of use from hotel only to hotel, residential apartments and retail unit and erection of 9 apartments. Existing 1 story extension to the back is to be demolished. New 3 storey extension / building to be built on Beach Road West. Historic verandas to the Sea Road elevation are to be reintroduced.) Ref. No: DC/20/5243/AME


Reference DC/23/0824/FUL
Application Received Thu 02 Mar 2023
Application Validated Tue 14 Mar 2023
Address The Marlborough Hotel Sea Road Felixstowe Suffolk IP11 2BJ
Proposal Amendment to Development Approved under Planning Permission DC/13/2505/FUL to Include Deletion of ground Floor Commercial Uses (Retail and restaurant) and Provision of 21 Aparthotel Suites
Status Unknown
Decision Disposal
Decision Issued Date Mon 03 Feb 2025
Appeal Status Not Available
Appeal Decision Not Available


GROSS DEVELOPMENT VALUE Figures for the gross development value are available upon request from the agent.

VIEWING Strictly by appointment with the Vendor's agent Diamond Mills.


Diamond Mills

Diamond Mills

Diamond Mills

Diamond Mills

Diamond Mills