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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
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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 dates7,139Searchable applications
387Recorded as pending
93%Approval rate · 4,757 approved or refused records
327Refused applications
4,430 approved · 327 refused · 501 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 2026Planning information Planning and building regulationsPre-application advice Pre-application adviceConservation areas Conservation areas and appraisalsArticle 4 directions Buildings conservation and Article 4 Directions
Council contacts
- Planning enquiriescustomer.services@westsuffolk.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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
- DecidedDCON(A)/24/0495
Application to discharge conditions 4 (minor additions) and 6 (hidden historic features) of DC/24/0495/LB
Lodge Farm Hargrave Road Little Saxham Suffolk IP29 5LH
Received 4 Oct 2024 - DecidedDCON(A)/24/0411
Application to discharge conditions 7 (details of proposed access) 12 (CEMP: biodiversity) 13 (biodiversity enhancement strategy) 16 (soft landscaping) 17 (hard landscaping) 18 (landscape management plan) 21 (fence and gate details) 22 (cellular confinement system) of DC/24/0411/VAR
Icepits Farm Ixworth Road Great Barton Suffolk IP31 2NX
Received 4 Oct 2024 - DecidedDC/24/1476/TCA
Trees in a conservation area notification - a. one Hornbeam (T1 on plan) Crown raise to 2.5 metres, reduce height and spread by up to 1.5 metres, b. one Lime (T2 on plan) Crown raise to 2.5 metres, initiate pollard through reducing height by up to two metres.
Street Record Stow Road Ixworth Suffolk
Received 5 Oct 2024 - DecidedDC/24/1477/TCA
Trees in a conservation area notification - one Sycamore (T1 on plan) overall crown reduction by up to three metres and remove first three lower branches
Reeves Lodge School Road Great Barton Suffolk IP31 2RJ
Received 5 Oct 2024 - DecidedDC/24/1478/TCA
Trees in a conservation area notification - six Yew (T1 T2 T241 T239 T242a and T242b on plan) various works as per supporting documents and annotated photos
St Marys Church Peacocks Road Cavendish Suffolk
Received 5 Oct 2024 - DecidedDCON(A)/24/0573
Application to discharge conditions 9 (cycle storage), 10 (EV charging), 11 (refuse) and 12 (construction management strategy) of DC/24/0573/FUL
Van Master Barton Road Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP32 7BE
Received 7 Oct 2024 - DecidedDC/24/1480/TPO
TPO 089 (1983) tree preservation order - two Horse chestnut (indicated on plan, within group G2 on order) crown lift to 4.5 metres above ground level
The Old Rectory School Road Risby Suffolk IP28 6RQ
Received 8 Oct 2024 - DecidedDC/24/1481/HH
Householder planning application - a. single storey side link extension b. one and a half storey rear extension
Yew Cottage 33 The Street Dalham Suffolk CB8 8TF
Received 8 Oct 2024 - DecidedDC/24/1482/FUL
Planning application - a. single storey rear extension b. outbuilding
74 High Street Haverhill Suffolk CB9 8AP
Received 8 Oct 2024 - DecidedNMA(D)/19/0508
Non material amendment to DC/19/0508/FUL - amendments to approved parking spaces
Garage Areas Downing Close Mildenhall Suffolk
Received 7 Oct 2024 - DecidedNMA(B)/22/1447
Non material amendment to DC/22/1447/RM - to provide updated finished floor levels, access and details of retaining walls
Land Nw Of Haverhill Anne Sucklings Lane Haverhill Suffolk
Received 7 Oct 2024 - DecidedDC/24/1483/OUT
Outline planning application (all matters reserved except primary pedestrian and vehicular access to Cavendish Road) for: a. up to 70 dwellings (with associated infrastructure, open space, parking, drainage and landscaping); and b. 30-space public car park
Land South Of Cavendish Road Cavendish Road Clare Suffolk
Received 7 Oct 2024 - WithdrawnDC/24/1484/FUL
Planning application - construction of two storey block to create two dwellings
Land Rear Of 24 Queen Street Haverhill Suffolk
Received 8 Oct 2024 - DecidedDC/24/1485/CLP
Application for lawful development certificate for proposed use or development - a. front, side and rear extensions b. garden room/annexe outbuilding c. garage, shed and gymnasium outbuilding d. enlarged driveway and patio/pathway areas in gravel
Hawthorns North Common Hepworth Suffolk IP22 2PR
Received 8 Oct 2024 - DecidedDC/24/1486/TCA
Trees in a conservation area notification - a. one Cyprus one Maple and one Lawson (marked on plan) fell b. one Cyprus and one Conifer (marked on plan) reduce height by up to five metres
Willow Cottage Santon Downham Santon Downham Suffolk IP27 0TG
Received 8 Oct 2024 - DecidedDC/24/1487/TCA
Trees in a conservation area notification - one Holly (T1 on plan) reduce upper crown by up to two metres and reduce lateral growth by up to one metre
Rocrisar Tut Hill Fornham All Saints Suffolk IP28 6LD
Received 8 Oct 2024 - DecidedDC/24/1488/LB
Application for listed building consent - a. replacement front door b. larger replacement window to front elevation c. replacement door and infill of window to side elevation porch d. replacement windows and window detailing to all elevations
Harram House Whepstead Road Horringer Suffolk IP29 5PT
Received 9 Oct 2024 - DecidedDC/24/1489/TPO
TPO 098 (1968) tree preservation order - one Oak (T10 on plan, T7 on order) crown lift to two metres above ground level
3 Cornwallis Close West Stow Suffolk IP28 6EU
Received 9 Oct 2024 - DecidedDC/24/1490/TCA
Trees in a conservation area notification - three Oak (T1 T2 and T12 on plan) one Birch (T6 on plan) and one Sycamore (T11 on plan) prune to give ground clearance of up to two metres
Upper And Lower Green The Green Risby Suffolk
Received 8 Oct 2024 - DecidedNMA(B)/22/1193
Non material amendment to DC/22/1193/RM to swap Plots 227 to 354 and associated changes in the layout and soft landscaping
Land South Rougham Hill Rougham Hill Bury St Edmunds Suffolk
Received 8 Oct 2024 - DecidedDC/24/1492/VAR
Planning application - removal of condition 3 of N/72/1278/M to remove agricultural occupancy
New Viking Lodge Lingheath Road Brandon Suffolk IP27 0SY
Received 10 Oct 2024 - DecidedDC/24/1493/P3QPA
Prior Approval Application under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment and Consequential Provisions) (England) Order 2015 - change of use of agricultural building to dwellinghouse (C3) to create one dwelling and associated operational development
Barn Baxters Green Wickhambrook Suffolk
Received 10 Oct 2024 - DecidedDC/24/1494/TPO
TPO 238 (1973) tree preservation order - a. one Beech (T1 on plan A1 on order) fell b. one Beech (T2 on plan A1 on order) prune several branches back to branch collar (as shown in annotated photos)
15 The Street Barton Mills Suffolk IP28 6AW
Received 11 Oct 2024 - DecidedDC/24/1495/TPO
TPO 115 (1986) tree preservation order - two Horse Chestnut (C1 and C2 on plan within G2 on order) crown lift by up to three metres b. one Oak (H1 on plan within G2 on order) crown lift by two metres and removal of branches around incoming electric cable.
Old Rectory The Green Fornham All Saints Suffolk IP28 6JX
Received 11 Oct 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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