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West Suffolk Council
Planning applications.

Explore collected planning applications and decisions for West Suffolk Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates

6,922Searchable applications

387Recorded as pending

93%Approval rate · 4,630 approved or refused records

319Refused applications

4,311 approved · 319 refused · 451 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Dec 2021 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

Planning information Planning and building regulations Pre-application advice Pre-application advice Conservation areas Conservation areas and appraisals Article 4 directions Buildings conservation and Article 4 Directions

Council contacts

Planning enquiriescustomer.services@westsuffolk.gov.uk Council source

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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.

Conservation areas48 mapped area records

Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection

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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.

Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

More application records

DecidedDC/24/0651/TCA
Trees in conservation area notification - see tree work schedule
1 Cangle Junction Haverhill Suffolk CB9 9PF
Received 14 May 2024
DecidedDC/24/0653/ADV
Application for advertisement consent - a. two non-illuminated fascia signs on front elevation b. one externally illuminated hanging sign c. one internally illuminated menu board sign d. one non-illuminated fascia signs on rear elevation
58 - 60 High Street Newmarket Suffolk CB8 8LB
Received 14 May 2024
DecidedDC/24/0654/LB
Application for listed building consent - a. installation of signage b. re-decoration of doors to front and rear elevations, windows to front elevation, joinery, fanlight and column bases
58 - 60 High Street Newmarket Suffolk CB8 8LB
Received 15 May 2024
Pending DecisionDC/24/0655/FUL
Planning application - temporary modular classrooms
Stour Valley Community School Cavendish Road Clare Sudbury Suffolk CO10 8PJ
Received 15 May 2024
DecidedDC/24/0657/HH
Householder planning application - a. single storey side extension b. single storey porch extension
Fouresses 79 New Cottages Barrow Road Denham Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP29 5EH
Received 15 May 2024
DecidedDCON(A)/23/0291
Application to discharge conditions 3 (materials); 4 (boundary treatments); 10 (details of estate roads); 11 (highway drainage); 12 (discharge of surface water); 16 (surface water disposal strategy); 17 (implementation of drainage) of DC/23/0291/FUL
Garage Areas Emmanuel Close Mildenhall Suffolk
Received 15 May 2024
DecidedDC/24/0658/FUL
Planning application - a. alterations to existing entrance/exit to and from service yard (accessed off Lady Miriam Way) b. replacement security gates
Unit 1 Skyliner Way Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP32 7FR
Received 16 May 2024
DecidedDCON(C)/23/0856
Application to discharge conditions 10 (soft landscaping), 11 (soft landscaping implementation), and 14 (surface water drainage) of DC/23/0856/FUL
Administration Block International Flavours And Fragrances Duddery Hill Haverhill Suffolk
Received 15 May 2024
DecidedDC/24/0659/HYB
Hybrid planning application for a Full planning application - a. construction of new junction works with Newmarket Road and construction of associated adjacent drainage basin; and b. Outline planning application - construction of relief road and up to 485 dwellings including provision of pedestrian and cycle connections, open space, landscaping and associated infrastructure
Land Off Newmarket Road Bury St Edmunds Suffolk
Received 15 May 2024
DecidedDC/24/0660/CLP
Application for lawful development certificate for proposed use or development - single storey rear extension
21 Airfield Road Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP32 7PJ
Received 15 May 2024
WithdrawnDC/24/0661/HH
Householder planning application - detached double garage with loft room above
10 Duchess Drive Newmarket Suffolk CB8 8AQ
Received 15 May 2024
DecidedDCON(A)/20/2065
Application to discharge conditions 4 (materials), 5 (landscape), 6 (arboricultural method statement), 7 (biodiversity method statement), 8 (biodiversity enhancement strategy), 9 (construction method statement), 10 (construction deliveries management plan), 11 (contamination), 14 (loading, unloading and ECV), 15 (electric charging point), 16 (archaeology), 18 (drainage), 21 (refuse/recycling storage), 22 (internal layout) of DC/20/2065/OUT
George Hill Nurseries Barningham Road Stanton Suffolk IP31 2AD
Received 15 May 2024
DecidedDC/24/0664/TCA
Trees in a conservation area notification - a. one Cherry (T1 on plan) overall crown reduction by up to 1.5 metres b. one Lime (T2 on plan) fell
Lowhill 97 Queens Road Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 3EP
Received 15 May 2024
DecidedDC/24/0665/VAR
Planning application - a. variation of condition 2 to remove reference to plans 364-540 and SK-S-500 REV P1, b. variation of wording for condition 3; c. removal of condition 5 (photographic record) of DC/24/0094/LB
Plot 1 Old Shire Hall Honey Hill Bury St Edmunds Suffolk
Received 15 May 2024
DecidedDC/24/0666/TCA
Trees in a conservation area notification - one Sycamore tree (marked with circle on plan) fell
48 Middle Green Higham Suffolk IP28 6NY
Received 16 May 2024
DecidedDC/24/0667/LB
Listed Building Consent - a. removal of existing timber framed element of outbuilding b. rebuild and extension of existing outbuilding
The Homestead Conyers Green Great Barton Suffolk IP31 2RX
Received 16 May 2024
DecidedNMA(A)/23/1869
Non-material amendment to DC/23/1869/HH - a. Installation of double boarded timber doors into existing door opening b. replacement of door with a timber stable door c. replacement of window with a timber casement
Warren Lodge Honeyhill Little Saxham Suffolk IP29 5LF
Received 16 May 2024
DecidedDC/24/0668/FUL
Planning Application - change of use of detached residential garage to beauty parlour
7 Twites Corner Great Saxham Suffolk IP29 5JR
Received 16 May 2024
DecidedDC/24/0669/HH
Householder planning application - Single storey rear extension
High Post Farm Hurdle Drove West Row Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP28 8RF
Received 16 May 2024
DecidedDC/24/0670/CLP
Application for lawful development certificate for proposed use or development - siting of mobile home
Park House Woodsdale Grove Troston Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 1EJ
Received 16 May 2024
DecidedDCON(C)/21/1986
Application to discharge condition 17 (fire hydrants) of DC/21/1986/VAR
Land West Of Eriswell Road Eriswell Road Lakenheath Suffolk
Received 16 May 2024
DecidedNMA(A)/21/2340
Non material amendment - to amend the wording of condition four to refer to drawing number 200 of DC/21/2340/FUL
Risbygate Club Westley Road Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 3RR
Received 17 May 2024
DecidedDC/24/0672/HH
Householder planning application - a. Detached garage; b. conversion of existing garage to habitable space
Pine Farm Wilde Street Beck Row Suffolk IP28 8BT
Received 18 May 2024
DecidedDC/24/0673/FUL
Planning application - one dwelling (following demolition of the existing dwelling)
119A Kings Road Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 3DR
Received 17 May 2024

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What these statistics cover

These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for West Suffolk Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.

The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.

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