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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.
England · Local authority
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 dates7,226Searchable applications
387Recorded as pending
93%Approval rate · 4,809 approved or refused records
332Refused applications
4,477 approved · 332 refused · 515 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- DecidedDC/24/1673/HH
Householder planning application - single storey side and rear extensions
41 Dalham Road Moulton Suffolk CB8 8SB
Received 18 Nov 2024 - DecidedDC/24/1674/FUL
Planning application - a. change of use from dwelling (class C3) to hotel (class C1), b. side and rear extensions, c. demolition of existing single garage and conservatory, d. external alterations to windows and roof e. additional parking
Ashton Gate Bridge Street Moulton Suffolk CB8 8SP
Received 18 Nov 2024 - DecidedDCON(A)/24/0768
Application to discharge condition 13 (Biodiversity Enhancement Strategy) of DC/24/0768/VAR
Breckey Ley Old Town Lane Nowton Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP29 5LT
Received 15 Nov 2024 - DecidedDC/24/1675/FUL
Planning application - provision of a food-to-go pod, three jet washes, car parking and associated works
Field Road Service Station Field Road Mildenhall Suffolk IP28 7AL
Received 18 Nov 2024 - DecidedDC/24/1676/HH
Householder planning application - siting of oil tank
The Old Rectory The Street Horringer Suffolk IP29 5SA
Received 18 Nov 2024 - DecidedDC/24/1677/FUL
Planning application - change of use of first floor bar to dwelling
108 Risbygate Street Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 3AA
Received 18 Nov 2024 - DecidedDC/24/1678/LB
Application for listed building consent - internal alterations in association with conversion on first floor from bar to dwelling
108 Risbygate Street Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 3AA
Received 18 Nov 2024 - DecidedDC/24/1679/HH
Householder planning application - a. conversion of the existing garage to habitable room with pitched roof above b. extension to rear of existing garage with a pitched roof
1 Woodlands Way Mildenhall Suffolk IP28 7JA
Received 19 Nov 2024 - DecidedDC/24/1680/TCA
Trees in a conservation area notification - a. one Apple (1 on plan) reduce height by up to two metre clearance of north facing roof, b. one Lime (2 on plan) remove right limb impinging on shed
Flint Cottage 35 Middle Green Higham Suffolk IP28 6NY
Received 18 Nov 2024 - DecidedDC/24/1681/FUL
Planning Application - change of use from escape Room (class E) to dwelling (class C3)
82 Risbygate Street Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 3AQ
Received 19 Nov 2024 - DecidedDC/24/1683/LB
Application for listed building consent -a. replacement shop front b. internal frosting to first and second floor windows on front elevation c. installation of plant d. one Panel sign e. one box fascia sign f. one projecting sign g. two vinyl signs
84 High Street Newmarket Suffolk CB8 8JX
Received 19 Nov 2024 - DecidedDC/24/1684/TCA
Trees in a conservation area notification - one Apple (as indicated on plan) reduce crown by 50 percent
11 St Margarets Place Stradishall Suffolk CB8 8YP
Received 19 Nov 2024 - DecidedDC/24/1685/TCA
Trees in a conservation area notification - a. one Cypress (T1 on plan) fell b. one Birch (T2 on plan) reduce laterals by one metre with selective pruning all over
Sounds Cottage 12 Lidgate Road Dalham Suffolk CB8 8TJ
Received 19 Nov 2024 - DecidedDC/24/1686/TCA
Trees in a conservation area notification - one Goat Willow (T1on plan) pollard to three metres above ground level
Woodgate House 10 Short Brackland Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 1EL
Received 19 Nov 2024 - DecidedDC/24/1687/TCA
Trees in Conservation Area Notification - one Cherry (T1 on plan) reduce overall height and spread by 1.5 metres
The Fuchsias Hengrave Road Fornham All Saints Suffolk IP28 6LA
Received 19 Nov 2024 - DecidedDC/24/1688/TCA
Trees in a conservation area notification - one Walnut (as indicated on plan) raise crown of tree to 3 metres above ground level, also reduce and reshape the lower branches by 4.5 metres
32-34 High Street Brandon Suffolk IP27 0AQ
Received 19 Nov 2024 - DecidedDC/24/1689/TPO
TPO 184 (1993) tree preservation order - one Lime (T1 on plan and order) pollard to previous pollarding points of up to eight metres above ground level
Challice House Grove Road Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 3BJ
Received 19 Nov 2024 - WithdrawnDCON(B)/21/1910
Application to discharge conditions 3 (new/replacement window), 4 (new/replacement doors), 5 (timber framing), and 6 (external render specifications) of application DC/21/1910/LB
The Gig House Chilton Street Clare Suffolk
Received 7 Nov 2024 - UnknownDC/24/1690/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 from agricultural building to dwellinghouse (class C3) to create one dwelling
Pump House Water Lane Little Whelnetham Suffolk IP30 0DU
Received 19 Nov 2024 - DecidedDC/24/1691/VAR
Planning Application - Variation of condition 2 of application E/74/1266/P to remove agricultural occupancy condition for house and garage
Copy Farm Cocks Green Lane Great Whelnetham Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 0UF
Received 20 Nov 2024 - DecidedDC/24/1692/TCA
Trees in a conservation area notification - mixed species consisting of Poplar, Sycamore, Holly, Yew and Hazel (G2 on plan) coppice and raising crowns where branches impede access
1 Abbey Precinct The Great Churchyard Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 1RS
Received 14 Nov 2024 - DecidedDC/24/1693/FUL
Planning application - a. replacement shop front b. internal frosting to first and second floor windows on front elevation
84 High Street Newmarket Suffolk CB8 8JX
Received 20 Nov 2024 - DecidedDC/24/1694/FUL
Planning application - installation of plant
84 High Street Newmarket Suffolk CB8 8JX
Received 20 Nov 2024 - DecidedDC/24/1695/ADV
Application for advertisement consent - a. one non-illuminated panel b. one non-illuminated box fascia vinyl lettering c. one non-illuminated projecting sign d. one internally applied double sided vinyl sign
84 High Street Newmarket Suffolk CB8 8JX
Received 19 Nov 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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