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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
7,350Searchable applications
390Recorded as pending
93%Approval rate · 4,892 approved or refused records
335Refused applications

4,557 approved · 335 refused · 527 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Dec 2021 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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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. DecidedDC/25/0407/ELEC

    Application under the overhead lines (Exemption) (England and Wales) Regulations 2009 - dismantle and remove existing overhead line highlighted yellow on the associated plan and realign the existing stay wire shown as a yellow T mark to the new alignment shown red

    Thurston Road Pakenham Suffolk IP31 2NF

    Received 18 Feb 2025
  2. DecidedDC/25/0408/CLP

    Application for lawful development certificate for proposed use or development - change of use from a dwellinghouse (C3) to small house of multiple occupation (C4)

    56 Grove Park Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 3BQ

    Received 7 Mar 2025
  3. DecidedDC/25/0409/FUL

    Planning Application - Memorial and enclosed fencing

    Home Covert Symonds Road Bury St Edmunds Suffolk

    Received 7 Mar 2025
  4. DecidedDC/25/0410/OUT

    Outline planning application (all matters reserved except primary vehicular access to Mount Road) for up to 160 dwellings (with associated infrastructure and works, open space, parking, drainage and landscaping)

    Land North Of Mount Road Rougham Suffolk

    Received 7 Mar 2025
  5. DecidedDC/25/0411/TCA

    Trees in a conservation area notification - one Cypress tree (T1 on plan) crown reduction in height level up to one metre

    23 Northgate Street Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 1HP

    Received 7 Mar 2025
  6. DecidedDC/25/0412/HH

    Householder planning application - removal of conservatory and replacement single storey extension to rear of dwelling

    Church Cottage The Street Stanton Suffolk IP31 2DB

    Received 10 Mar 2025
  7. DecidedNMA(C)/22/1193

    Non material amendment to DC/22/1193/RM to amend the approved plans for plots 153 to 173

    Land South Rougham Hill Rougham Hill Bury St Edmunds Suffolk

    Received 8 Mar 2025
  8. DecidedDC/25/0414/CLP

    Application for lawful development certificate for proposed use or development - mobile home on raised timber base

    9 Barrow Road Denham Suffolk IP29 5EQ

    Received 9 Mar 2025
  9. WithdrawnDC/25/0415/FUL

    Planning application - a. change of use of storage area (use class B8) to community centre (use class F2) b. insertion of windows and doors to front elevation

    Newmarket Nexus Unit 2 Albion Court 9 Studlands Park Avenue Newmarket Suffolk CB8 7XA

    Received 10 Mar 2025
  10. DecidedDC/25/0416/HH

    Householder planning application - electric vehicle charging port to side elevation

    Lane End 1 Church Lane Dalham Suffolk CB8 8TE

    Received 10 Mar 2025
  11. DecidedDC/25/0417/LB

    Application for listed building consent - electric vehicle charging port to side elevation

    Lane End 1 Church Lane Dalham Suffolk CB8 8TE

    Received 9 Mar 2025
  12. DecidedDC/25/0418/TPO

    TPO 234 (1972) tree preservation order - one beech (within area A2 on order) a. crown reduction of up to 3 meters on each side b. crown thinning of up 20%

    6 Weston Way Newmarket Suffolk CB8 7SB

    Received 10 Mar 2025
  13. DecidedDC/25/0419/HH

    Householder planning application - a. raise of roof height to create habitable space b. two storey extension to side of dwelling

    7 Fornham Road Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP32 6AH

    Received 10 Mar 2025
  14. DecidedDC/25/0420/HH

    Householder planning application - a. raise of roof height to create habitable space b. dormer windows to front of dwelling

    Newlands Bungalow Rushbrooke Lane Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 2RS

    Received 10 Mar 2025
  15. DecidedDC/25/0421/FUL

    Planning application - a. construction of building to accommodate two residential units b. extension to dropped kerb to create parking area (following demolition of side extensions to 19A Hamlet Road)

    Land Adjacent 19A Hamlet Road Haverhill Suffolk

    Received 10 Mar 2025
  16. DecidedDC/25/0422/HH

    Householder planning application - proposed electric vehicle charger

    9 Albert Crescent Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 3DY

    Received 11 Mar 2025
  17. DecidedDC/25/0423/HH

    Householder planning application - ramped access to front elevation

    104 Rowan Drive Brandon Suffolk IP27 0HJ

    Received 11 Mar 2025
  18. DecidedDC/25/0424/HH

    Householder planning application - a. conversion of garage into habitable space b. replacement of garage door with window

    20 Miles Hawk Way Mildenhall Suffolk IP28 7SE

    Received 11 Mar 2025
  19. DecidedNMA(A)/23/1612

    Non material amendment to DC/23/1612/FUL - Erection of an electricity substation with GRP enclosure and hedge planting for screening of the substation

    40 Hollow Road Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP32 7AY

    Received 10 Mar 2025
  20. DecidedDC/25/0426/FUL

    Planning application - a. conversion of existing building to one dwelling and b. conversion of existing building to holiday letting unit

    Dovecote Farm Hepworth Road Thelnetham Suffolk IP22 1JH

    Received 11 Mar 2025
  21. DecidedDC/25/0427/FUL

    Planning application - one dwelling

    Land Adjacent To Montescourt Philip Road Bury St Edmunds Suffolk

    Received 12 Mar 2025
  22. DecidedDC/25/0428/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 one dwelling (class C3)

    25A Garland Street Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 1EZ

    Received 12 Mar 2025
  23. DecidedDC/25/0429/HH

    Householder planning application - partial demolition of outbuilding

    St Nicholas Hollow Road Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP32 7AU

    Received 12 Mar 2025
  24. DecidedDC/25/0430/LB

    Application for listed building consent - partial demolition of outbuilding

    St Nicholas Hollow Road Bury St Edmunds Suffolk

    Received 12 Mar 2025

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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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