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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
7,839Searchable applications
397Recorded as pending
93%Approval rate · 5,253 approved or refused records
357Refused applications

4,896 approved · 357 refused · 555 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Aug 2017 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/25/0901/TCA

    Trees in a conservation area notification - one Elm (T1 as indicated on plan) fell

    School Road Great Wratting Suffolk

    Received 29 May 2025
  2. Pending DecisionDC/25/0902/FUL

    Planning application - 40 dwellings with associated access (following demolition of existing dwelling), vehicle and cycle parking, landscaping, drainage, substation and infrastructure (as amended)

    Land At College Heath Road Mildenhall Suffolk

    Received 30 May 2025
  3. DecidedDC/25/0903/FUL

    Planning application - a. Subdivision of dwelling and change of use of part of retail unit to create one dwelling b. first floor extension c. three window openings to west elevation d. window and door alterations

    Trinders Books Malting Lane Clare Suffolk CO10 8NW

    Received 29 May 2025
  4. DecidedDC/25/0904/LB

    Application for listed building consent - a. subdivision of dwelling and change of use of part of retail unit to create one dwelling b. first floor extension c. three window openings to west elevation d. window and door alterations e. internal alterations

    Trinders Books Malting Lane Clare Suffolk CO10 8NW

    Received 29 May 2025
  5. DecidedDC/25/0905/TCA

    Trees in a conservation area notification - a. six Sycamore (T1, T2, T3, T5, T6, T7) and one Ash (T4) reduce overall height by six metres b. one Eucalyptus (T8) overall crown reduction by four metres

    Lavender Cottage Brockley Road Whepstead Suffolk IP29 4SP

    Received 29 May 2025
  6. DecidedDC/25/0906/TCA

    Trees in a conservation area notification - one Conifer (marked on plan) fell

    95 Northgate Street Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 1HY

    Received 30 May 2025
  7. DecidedNMA(A)/20/1969

    Non material amendment to DC/20/1969/FUL - a. en-suite and bathroom added above the garage on the first floor, added to the properties on plots 1 and 2. b. study relocated to the first floor with playroom added to the ground floor

    Land Adj Beck Lodge Farm Queens Close Beck Row Suffolk

    Received 30 May 2025
  8. DecidedDCON(J)/13/0408

    application to discharge condition 27 - of application DC/13/0408/OUT

    Hatchfield Farm Fordham Road Newmarket Suffolk CB8 7XL

    Received 30 May 2025
  9. DecidedDC/25/0907/TCA

    Trees in Conservation Area Notification - two beech (as indicated on plan) reduce crown by one metre and sides by two metres, one maple (as indicated on plan) reduce overall crown by two meters, one walnut (as indicated on plan) reduce overall crown by two metres, one Cherry and Variegated Acer (as indicated on plan) reduce overall crowns by two metres

    Hambleden Blacksmith Lane Barnham Suffolk IP24 2NE

    Received 2 Jun 2025
  10. DecidedNMA(A)/22/1313

    Non material amendment to DC/22/1313/FUL - external doors added to the ground floor elevation to passageway

    S R Builders Station Road Haverhill Suffolk CB9 0EY

    Received 2 Jun 2025
  11. DecidedDCON(F)/23/0239

    Application to discharge condition 16 (breeam final certificate) of DC/23/0239/FUL

    Suffolk Business Park Rougham Tower Avenue Rougham Suffolk

    Received 2 Jun 2025
  12. DecidedDCON(AU)/09/1283

    Application to discharge condition B10 (visibility), B12 (details of roads) and B18 (ground levels) of application SE/09/1283 (phases 5a and 5c)

    Land Nw Of Haverhill Anne Sucklings Lane Haverhill Suffolk

    Received 2 Jun 2025
  13. DecidedDCON(AV)/09/1283

    Application to discharge conditions B11 (highway surface water) B22 (foul water) and B23 (sustainable urban drainage) of application SE/09/1283 (phases 5a and 5c)

    Land Nw Of Haverhill Anne Sucklings Lane Haverhill Suffolk

    Received 2 Jun 2025
  14. DecidedDCON(AT)/09/1283

    Application to discharge condition 18 (levels details) of SE/09/1283

    Land Nw Of Haverhill Anne Sucklings Lane Haverhill Suffolk

    Received 2 Jun 2025
  15. DecidedDC/25/0908/HH

    Householder planning application - a. single storey front extension b. single storey infill side extension c. garage conversion to habitable space

    21 Abbotts Road Haverhill Suffolk CB9 0DQ

    Received 3 Jun 2025
  16. DecidedDC/25/0909/FUL

    Planning application - a. ground-mounted photovoltaic solar arrays together with inverter stations, grid connection infrastructure, access gates, internal access tracks, security measures, storage and ancillary infrastructure, landscaping and Biodiversity enhancements b. operational vehicular access and two construction vehicle accesses c. two temporary construction compounds

    Land Off Poulters Lane Horringer Suffolk

    Received 3 Jun 2025
  17. WithdrawnDC/25/0910/FUL

    Planning application - two dwellings (following demolition of existing dwellings)

    2 Flint Cottage Tuddenham Road Barton Mills Suffolk IP28 6AG

    Received 2 Jun 2025
  18. DecidedDC/25/0911/FUL

    Planning application - ground mounted solar panel array

    Farley Green Farm, Farley Green Farmhouse Farley Green Stradishall Suffolk CB8 8PX

    Received 2 Jun 2025
  19. DecidedDC/25/0912/TPO

    TPO 180(1993) tree preservation order - a. oak (T5 on plan and order) crown raise to 3 metres above ground level, and cut back to suitable growth points to provide up to 2 metres clearance from nearby structures; b. oak (T6 on plan and order) crown raise to 3 metres above ground level.

    20 Downing Close Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP32 7HU

    Received 3 Jun 2025
  20. DecidedDC/25/0913/TPO

    TPO 003(1950) tree preservation order - one sycamore (marked on plan, within A1 on order) fell

    Minden House Barton Road Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP32 7BE

    Received 3 Jun 2025
  21. DecidedDC/25/0914/P14JPA

    Prior approval application under Part 14 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - install solar photovoltaic panels on the roof of a business to lower CO2 emissions and lower electricity consumption of the premises

    18 Rookwood Way Haverhill Suffolk CB9 8PD

    Received 3 Jun 2025
  22. DecidedNMA(A)/25/0090

    Non material amendment to DC/25/0090/HH - change to location and configuration of front door to porch, omission of window, Hardie plank only to first floor of rear extension, painted brickwork as existing retained elsewhere

    1 Rose Cottage Rougham Road Bradfield St George Suffolk IP30 0AZ

    Received 3 Jun 2025
  23. DecidedDC/25/0915/HPA

    Householder prior approval - single storey rear extension which extends beyond the rear wall of the original house by 4.05 metres with a maximum height of 3.8 metres and a height of 2.7 metres to the eaves

    4 Cropley Close Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP32 7EU

    Received 3 Jun 2025
  24. DecidedDC/25/0916/HH

    Householder planning application - cladding to side and rear elevation

    4 The Green Risby Suffolk IP28 6QH

    Received 4 Jun 2025

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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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