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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 dates8,041Searchable applications
397Recorded as pending
93%Approval rate · 5,408 approved or refused records
364Refused applications
5,044 approved · 364 refused · 569 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- DecidedDC/26/0101/CLP
Application for lawful development certificate for proposed use or development- single storey side extension
Lavender Cottage The Street Troston Suffolk IP31 1EW
Received 23 Jan 2026 - WithdrawnDC/26/0102/CLP
Application for lawful development certificate for proposed use or development - construction of single storey rear extension
Fleetwood Livermere Road Troston Suffolk IP31 1ER
Received 23 Jan 2026 - DecidedDCON(C)/25/1239
Application to discharge conditions condition 5 (landscape management plan) and condition 6 (soft landscaping) of application DC/25/1239/RM
Townsend Nurseries Snow Hill Clare Sudbury Suffolk CO10 8QE
Received 23 Jan 2026 - DecidedDC/26/0103/TCA
Trees in a conservation area notification - one Walnut (T1 on plan) overall crown reduction up to three metres
Bluebell Cottage 5 Upper Green Stoke By Clare Suffolk CO10 8HL
Received 23 Jan 2026 - DecidedDC/26/0104/HPA
Householder prior approval - single storey rear extension which extends beyond the rear wall of the original house by 7.62 metres with a maximum height of 3.93 metres and a height of 2.32 metres to the eaves
14 Hallfields Lakenheath Suffolk IP27 9LP
Received 23 Jan 2026 - DecidedDC/26/0105/TPO
TPO 029(1959) tree preservation order - one horse chestnut fell, and one beech crown reduction by up to 3 metres all round (both marked on plan and within A1 on order)
Regal Lodge Swan Lane Exning Suffolk CB8 7EN
Received 26 Jan 2026 - Pending ConsiderationDC/26/0106/CLP
Application for lawful development certificate for proposed use or development - confirm that the stationing of 63 caravans (10 additional units) for holiday purposes throughout the year is lawful and would not result in a material change of use
Apsen Country Park Fornham Park Fornham St Genevieve Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP28 6TT
Received 26 Jan 2026 - DecidedDC/26/0107/HH
Householder planning application - removal of modern lean-to porch and replacement with oak-framed porch
Black Horse Farmhouse Ashfield Green Wickhambrook Suffolk CB8 8UZ
Received 26 Jan 2026 - DecidedDC/26/0108/LB
Application for listed building consent - removal of modern lean-to porch and replacement with oak-framed porch
Black Horse Farmhouse Ashfield Green Wickhambrook Suffolk CB8 8UZ
Received 23 Jan 2026 - DecidedDC/26/0109/P14JPA
Prior approval application under Part 14 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - installation of solar PVs
Aldi Foodstore Ltd Exning Road Newmarket Suffolk CB8 0EA
Received 23 Jan 2026 - WithdrawnDC/26/0110/FUL
Planning application - one Self build dwelling and detached garage with associated access
28 Beechcroft Stanningfield Suffolk IP29 4RT
Received 26 Jan 2026 - DecidedDC/26/0111/TCA
Trees in a conservation area notification - one Conifer (on plan) fell
22 St Margarets Place Stradishall Suffolk CB8 8YP
Received 24 Jan 2026 - DecidedDC/26/0112/HH
Householder planning application - a. 1.5 storey rear extension (following demolition of the existing rear extension and conservatory) b. roof lights c. alteration to existing ground floor side window
114 Horringer Road Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 2DP
Received 26 Jan 2026 - DecidedDC/26/0113/TCA
Trees in a conservation area notification - one Bay (T1 on plan) overall crown reduction by four metres
130 York Road Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 3EE
Received 24 Jan 2026 - DecidedDC/26/0114/HH
Householder planning application - extension of an existing dropped kerb and formation of a single vehicular crossing to serve an existing gravel driveway
45 The Street Barrow Suffolk IP29 5AN
Received 25 Jan 2026 - DecidedDC/26/0115/HH
Householder planning application a. extension to front porch b. two storey rear extension (following demolition of outbuilding/store)
27 Oxford Street Exning Suffolk CB8 7EW
Received 26 Jan 2026 - DecidedDC/26/0116/TCA
Trees in a conservation area notification - one Ash (T1 on plan) remove lowest stem over garden orientated to the west, two Hawthorn (within G1 on plan) coppice to ground level, one Privet hedge (H1 on plan) cut back to previous pruning points, one Lilac hedge (H2 on plan) remove long elongated branches by up to two metres, one multi stemmed Willow (T2 on plan) re-coppice, one Oak (T3 on plan) remove largest dead limbs only, within falling distance of the garden and trackway only
White Cottage Broom Hill Lane Fakenham Magna Suffolk IP24 2QY
Received 25 Jan 2026 - DecidedDC/26/0117/TPO
TPO 001(2022) tree preservation order - one Sycamore (T1 on plan) re pollard by upto three metres to previous pollard points
16 Paget Place Newmarket Suffolk CB8 7DR
Received 26 Jan 2026 - WithdrawnDC/26/0118/CLP
Application for lawful development certificate for proposed use or development - detached garage and office building
Court Farm Cottage Fox And Pin Lane Nowton Suffolk IP29 5LP
Received 26 Jan 2026 - DecidedDC/26/0120/TCA
Trees in a conservation area notification - one poplar (marked on plan) fell
Stour House Stoke Road Clare Suffolk CO10 8NS
Received 26 Jan 2026 - DecidedDC/26/0121/ADV
Application for advertisement consent - one non-illuminated free standing sign
Land East Of Bury Road Stanton Suffolk
Received 26 Jan 2026 - DecidedDCON(A)/24/1857
Application to discharge conditions 5 soft landscaping and 6 landscape management plan of DC/24/1857/FUL
Blandings Farm Badlingham Freckenham Suffolk CB7 5QQ
Received 26 Jan 2026 - DecidedDC/26/0122/LB
Application for listed buildings consent - Internal alterations to relocate kitchen
27 The Street Dalham Suffolk CB8 8TF
Received 27 Jan 2026 - DecidedDCON(A)/25/1703
Application to discharge condition 3 (pantile sample) of DC/25/1703/HH
3 Holywell Farm Holywell Row Suffolk IP28 8NL
Received 27 Jan 2026
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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