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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 dates8,024Searchable applications
397Recorded as pending
93%Approval rate · 5,399 approved or refused records
364Refused applications
5,035 approved · 364 refused · 566 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Aug 2017 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- DecidedNMA(A)/25/0774
Non-material amendment to DC/25/0774/HH - additional five rooflights to side and rear lower roofs and one window removed from side extension
10 Coronation Place Brandon Suffolk IP27 0EP
Received 16 Dec 2025 - DecidedDC/25/1989/FUL
Planning application - one dwelling
Land Adjacent To 55 Beeches Road West Row Suffolk
Received 16 Dec 2025 - DecidedDC/25/1990/RM
Reserved matters application - a. submission of details under outline planning permission DC/15/2151/OUT - means of access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for 250 dwellings (including 72 affordable) (parcels A14; and A15); allotments (parcel E2); associated internal roads, car parking, amenity and public open space; pumping station and diversion of overhead HV cable; b. including application to partially discharge conditions 4; 6; 7; 8; 9; 15; 28; 30; 37; 38; and 44
Land Ne Haverhill English Way Haverhill Suffolk
Received 17 Dec 2025 - DecidedDC/25/1991/TPO
TPO 21(1991) tree preservation order - one horse chestnut (marked T1 and plan and T2 on order) reduce lateral spread on the eastern aspect by up to 1.5 metres to appropriate pruning points, cut back to appropriate pruning points to provide up to 2 metres clearance from surrounding structures, and crown lift up to 3.5m above ground level
16 Riverside Way Brandon Suffolk IP27 0AN
Received 16 Dec 2025 - DecidedDC/25/1992/FUL
Planning application - composting closet against north wall
St Peters Church Church Road Great Livermere Suffolk IP31 1JR
Received 17 Dec 2025 - WithdrawnDC/25/1993/TPO
TPO 028(1960) tree preservation order - one walnut (marked T1 on plan and within A1 on order) remove the lowest 2 lateral branches back to the main stem, reduce secondary branches to rebalance by 0.3 metres, one crab apple (marked T2 on plan and within A1 on order) reduce in height by 1.5 metres, reduce lateral spread by 0.5 metres, crown thin by removing epicormic growth and up to two crossing branches
7 Sharp Road Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 2NB
Received 16 Dec 2025 - DecidedDCON(B)/25/0588
Application to discharge condition 4 (Bat License) of application DC/25/0588/HH
Priors Farm Cobbs Hall Road Great Saxham Suffolk IP29 5JW
Received 16 Dec 2025 - DecidedDCON(BGP)/25/1520
Application to discharge Statutory biodiversity gain plan condition in relation to DC/25/1520/FUL
Water Facilities Bury Road Little Saxham Suffolk
Received 16 Dec 2025 - DecidedDC/25/1994/TCA
Trees in a conservation area notification - two prunus (marked T1 and T2 on the plan) overall crown reduction by 1.5 metres
12 Chapel Street Exning Suffolk CB8 7HA
Received 16 Dec 2025 - DecidedNMA(A)/25/0696
Non material amendment to DC/25/0696/HH - removal of approved single storey extension and fenestration alterations
Kensington Cottage 9 Doris Street Newmarket Suffolk CB8 0LD
Received 16 Dec 2025 - DecidedDC/25/1995/TCA
Trees in a conservation area notification - 10 trees of heaven (marked on plan) fell
2 Coach Houses Marks Lane Santon Downham Suffolk IP27 0TL
Received 16 Dec 2025 - DecidedDC/25/1997/TCA
Trees in a conservation area notification - one robinia (marked T1 on plan) crown lift by 2.75 metres above ground level over footpath, crown lift by 5.2 metres above ground level over road, one robinia (marked T2 on plan) remove up to four of the lowest branches over neighbour's garden side
6 Harraton House Church Lane Exning Suffolk CB8 7HF
Received 16 Dec 2025 - DecidedDC/25/1998/HH
Householder planning application - a. double garage with storage above b. conversion of existing integral garage c. single storey rear extension (following demolition of existing carport) d. pool / garden room e. swimming pool in rear garden
High Noon 38 Turnpike Road Red Lodge Suffolk IP28 8JZ
Received 17 Dec 2025 - DecidedDC/25/1999/FUL
Planning application - existing ATM removed and replaced
7 Cornhill Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 1BQ
Received 18 Dec 2025 - WithdrawnDC/25/2000/TCA
Trees in a conservation area notification - one Sycamore (T1 on plan) a. remove 3 large lower laterals back to the main stem over butchers car park b. reduce remaining lateral spread by up to three metres over butchers car park c. crown lift to five metres above ground level
1 New Street Mildenhall Suffolk IP28 7EN
Received 17 Dec 2025 - DecidedDC/25/2001/HH
Householder planning application - two storey front extension
3 Hickling Drive Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 2PU
Received 17 Dec 2025 - DecidedDC/25/2002/TCA
Trees in a conservation area notification - one sycamore (marked T1 on plan) and four lilacs, one elder (marked G2 on plan) fell, three sycamore (marked G1 on plan) re pollard by up to six metres above ground level, nine sycamore (marked G3 on plan) re pollard by up to six metres above ground level and crown lift by three metres, five sycamore and one prunus (marked G4 on plan) crown lift to three metres
35 Freemason Lodge, Flat 1 Bury Road Newmarket Suffolk CB8 7BY
Received 17 Dec 2025 - WithdrawnDC/25/2003/VAR
Planning application - variation of condition 23 of DC/15/2151/OUT to allow for attenuation features to be installed prior to junction improvements for outline application (means of access to be considered) - residential development of up to 2,500 units (within use classes C2/C3); two primary schools; two local centres including retail, community and employment uses (with use classes A1/A2/A3/A4/A5, B1 and D1/D2; open space; landscaping and associated infrastructure
Land Ne Haverhill English Way Haverhill Suffolk
Received 17 Dec 2025 - DecidedDC/25/2004/TPO
TPO 11(1989) tree preservation order - One oak (marked T1 on plan and within G4 on order) reduce lateral spread by up to two metres over garden, reduce large lower lateral branch by up to 3.5 metres over hanging Kentford manor, reduce lower lateral branch by up to 3.5 metres towards the house
Mead House 3B Pilgrim Court Kentford Newmarket Suffolk CB8 8FA
Received 17 Dec 2025 - DecidedDC/25/2005/TPO
TPO 002(2015) tree preservation order - one horse chestnut, one norway maple (marked on plan and within G1 on order) fell, one sycamore (marked on plan and within G1 on order) pollard by up to 10 metres above ground level
Meddler Stud Gazeley Road Kentford Suffolk CB8 7QA
Received 18 Dec 2025 - DecidedDC/25/2006/TPO
TPO 107(1970) tree preservation order - one maple, three sycamore (marked on plan and within A2 on order) fell, one beech (marked on plan and within A2 on order) overall crown reduction by five metres, one horse chestnut (marked on plan and within A2 on order) overall crown reduction by up to five metres, one leylandii (marked on plan and within A2 on order) overall crown reduction by up to six metres, one beech (marked on plan and within A2 on order) reduce limb growing towards chicken pen by three metres
Street Record Edgeborough Close Kentford Suffolk
Received 18 Dec 2025 - DecidedDC/25/2007/FUL
Planning application - change of use from Class E (Commercial, Business and Service) to Class F1 (Learning and Non-Residential Institutions)
Linden House 147 Kings Road Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 3DJ
Received 18 Dec 2025 - WithdrawnDC/25/2008/P3CMA
Prior approval application under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - change of use from commercial/business/service to 34 dwellings (class C3)
Land At Suffolk House Rayes Lane Newmarket Suffolk CB8 7AB
Received 17 Dec 2025 - DecidedDC/25/2009/P3CMA
Prior approval application under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - change of use from commercial/business/service to one dwelling (class C3)
Willow Park Barrow Road Hargrave Suffolk IP29 5HF
Received 17 Dec 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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