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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
7,094Searchable applications
387Recorded as pending
93%Approval rate · 4,732 approved or refused records
327Refused applications

4,405 approved · 327 refused · 489 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Dec 2021 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 regulationsPre-application advice Pre-application adviceConservation areas Conservation areas and appraisalsArticle 4 directions Buildings conservation and Article 4 Directions

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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

  1. WithdrawnDC/24/1150/P3CMA

    Prior Approval Application under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - change of use from commercial, business and services (class E) to two dwellings (class C3)

    Building 6 Former Animal Health Trust Lanwades Park Kentford Suffolk

    Received 8 Aug 2024
  2. DecidedDC/24/1151/P3CMA

    Prior approval application under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - change of use from commercial, business and service (class E) to residential (class C3) to form one unit

    Building 8 Former Animal Health Trust Lanwades Park Kentford Suffolk

    Received 8 Aug 2024
  3. DecidedDC/24/1152/P3CMA

    Prior Approval Application under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - change of use from commercial, business and service (class E) to residential (class C3) to form one dwelling

    Building 9 Former Animal Health Trust Lanwades Park Kentford Suffolk

    Received 8 Aug 2024
  4. DecidedDC/24/1153/P3CMA

    Prior Approval Application under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - change of use from commercial, business and services (class E) to two dwellings (class C3)

    Building 10 Former Animal Health Trust Lanwades Park Kentford Suffolk

    Received 8 Aug 2024
  5. WithdrawnDC/24/1154/P3CMA

    Prior approval application under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - change of use from commercial, business and service (class E) to residential (class C3) to form 31 units

    Building 11 Former Animal Health Trust Lanwades Park Kentford Suffolk

    Received 8 Aug 2024
  6. WithdrawnDC/24/1155/P3CMA

    Prior Approval Application under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - change of use from commercial, business and service (class E) to residential (class C3) to form nine dwellings

    Building 12 Lower And Part Ground Floor Former Animal Health Trust Lanwades Park Kentford Newmarket Suffolk CB8 7UU

    Received 8 Aug 2024
  7. DecidedDC/24/1156/P3CMA

    Prior Approval Application under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - change of use from commercial, business and service (class E) to residential (class C3) to form three dwellings

    Mri Building 13 Former Animal Health Trust Lanwades Park Kentford Suffolk

    Received 8 Aug 2024
  8. DecidedDC/24/1157/P3CMA

    Prior Approval Application under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - change of use from commercial, business and service (class E) to residential (class C3) to form 15 dwellings

    Building 14 Former Animal Health Trust Lanwades Park Kentford Suffolk

    Received 8 Aug 2024
  9. WithdrawnDC/24/1158/P3CMA

    Prior Approval Application under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - change of use from commercial, business and services (class E) to two dwellings (class C3)

    Building 16 Former Animal Health Trust Lanwades Park Kentford Suffolk

    Received 8 Aug 2024
  10. DecidedDC/24/1159/P3CMA

    Prior Approval Application under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - change of use from commercial, business and service (class E) to residential (class C3) to form one dwelling

    Building 17 Former Animal Health Trust Lanwades Park Kentford Suffolk

    Received 8 Aug 2024
  11. DecidedDC/24/1160/P3CMA

    Prior Approval Application under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - change of use from commercial, business and service (class E) to residential (class C3) to form one dwelling

    Building 18 Former Animal Health Trust Lanwades Park Kentford Suffolk

    Received 8 Aug 2024
  12. DecidedDC/24/1161/P3CMA

    Prior Approval Application under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - change of use from commercial, business and services (class E) to 11 dwellings (class C3)

    Building 19 Former Animal Health Trust Lanwades Park Kentford Suffolk

    Received 8 Aug 2024
  13. DecidedDC/24/1162/P3CMA

    Prior Approval Application under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - change of use from commercial, business and service (class E) to residential (class C3) to form five dwellings

    Building 20 Former Animal Health Trust Lanwades Park Kentford Suffolk

    Received 8 Aug 2024
  14. DecidedDC/24/1163/P3CMA

    Prior Approval Application under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - change of use from commercial, business and services (class E) to three dwellings (class C3)

    Building 21 Former Animal Health Trust Lanwades Park Kentford Suffolk

    Received 8 Aug 2024
  15. WithdrawnDC/24/1164/P3CMA

    Prior Approval Application under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - change of use from commercial, business and services (class E) to six dwellings (class C3)

    Building 22 Former Animal Health Trust Lanwades Park Kentford Suffolk

    Received 8 Aug 2024
  16. WithdrawnDC/24/1165/P3CMA

    Prior Approval Application under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - change of use from commercial, business and services (class E) to two dwellings (class C3)

    Building 23 Former Animal Health Trust Lanwades Park Kentford Suffolk

    Received 8 Aug 2024
  17. WithdrawnDC/24/1166/P3CMA

    Prior approval application under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - change of use from commercial, business and service (class E) to residential (class C3) to form four dwellings

    Building 24 Former Animal Health Trust Lanwades Park Kentford Suffolk

    Received 8 Aug 2024
  18. DecidedDC/24/1167/FUL

    Planning Application - a. infill glazing of openings and panels of existing buildings; b. external walls to existing buildings c. window and door openings to existing buildings; d. cycle storage; e. refuse storage

    Former Animal Health Trust Lanwades Park Kentford Newmarket Suffolk CB8 7UU

    Received 8 Aug 2024
  19. WithdrawnDC/24/1168/P3CMA

    Prior approval application under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - change of use from commercial, business and service (class E) to residential (class C3) to form two dwellings

    Building 25 Former Animal Health Trust Lanwades Park Kentford Suffolk

    Received 8 Aug 2024
  20. WithdrawnDC/24/1169/P3CMA

    Prior approval application under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - change of use from commercial, business and service (class E) to residential (class C3) to form four dwellings

    Building 26 Former Animal Health Trust Lanwades Park Kentford Suffolk

    Received 8 Aug 2024
  21. WithdrawnDC/24/1170/P3CMA

    Prior approval application under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - change of use from commercial, business and service (class E) to residential (class C3) to form two dwellings

    Building 27 Former Animal Health Trust Lanwades Park Kentford Suffolk

    Received 8 Aug 2024
  22. DecidedDC/24/1171/P3CMA

    Prior Approval Application under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - change of use from commercial, business and service (class E) to residential (class C3) to form four dwellings

    Building 28 Former Animal Health Trust Lanwades Park Kentford Suffolk

    Received 8 Aug 2024
  23. DecidedDC/24/1172/P3CMA

    Prior Approval Application under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - change of use from commercial, business and service (class E) to residential (class C3) to form three dwellings

    Building 29 Former Animal Health Trust Lanwades Park Kentford Suffolk

    Received 8 Aug 2024
  24. DecidedDC/24/1173/P3CMA

    Prior Approval Application under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - change of use from commercial, business and service (class E) to residential (class C3) to form two dwellings

    Building 30 Former Animal Health Trust Lanwades Park Kentford Suffolk

    Received 8 Aug 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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