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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

7,945Searchable applications

397Recorded as pending

93%Approval rate · 5,336 approved or refused records

360Refused applications

4,976 approved · 360 refused · 562 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 regulations Pre-application advice Pre-application advice Conservation areas Conservation areas and appraisals Article 4 directions Buildings conservation and Article 4 Directions

Council contacts

Planning enquiriescustomer.services@westsuffolk.gov.uk Council source

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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/25/1379/HH
Householder planning application - a. single storey front extension (following demolition of existing porch) b. single storey rear extension c. cladding to front elevation
18 Garden Fields Troston Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 1HA
Received 3 Sept 2025
WithdrawnDC/25/1380/TCA
Trees in a conservation area notification - two silver birch, 15 amelanchier/crab apple (marked on plan as group 3) fell
Land At Meridian Gardens Newmarket Suffolk CB8 7FD
Received 3 Sept 2025
DecidedDC/25/1381/HH
Householder planning application - new vehicular access
Water Lane House Water Lane Great Bradley Suffolk CB8 9LJ
Received 3 Sept 2025
DecidedDC/25/1382/HH
Householder planning application - first floor rear extension
Clontarf 3 Freckenham Road Worlington Suffolk IP28 8SQ
Received 4 Sept 2025
DecidedDC/25/1383/TCA
Trees in a conservation area notification - one ash (marked on plan) fell
The Old Vicarage Church Road Wickhambrook Newmarket Suffolk CB8 8XH
Received 3 Sept 2025
DecidedDC/25/1384/P14JPA
Prior approval application under Part 14 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - roof mounted solar panels
Abbots Green Community Primary School Airfield Road Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP32 7PJ
Received 3 Sept 2025
DecidedDC/25/1386/TCA
Trees in a conservation area notification - one fir (marked on plan) fell
Church Close Withersfield Road Great Wratting Suffolk CB9 7HD
Received 4 Sept 2025
DecidedDC/25/1387/TCA
Trees in a conservation area notification - one box (T001 on plan), two cherry (T004 and T005 on plan) fell
Drift Cottage Elms Road Freckenham Suffolk IP28 8JG
Received 4 Sept 2025
DecidedDC/25/1388/P14JPA
Prior approval application under Part 14 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - roof mounted solar panels
Burton End Primary Academy School Lane Haverhill Suffolk CB9 9DE
Received 4 Sept 2025
DecidedDC/25/1389/FUL
Planning application - alterations to lodges 313-385,450-486 and 893-900 including extension of patio and paved areas, new pergolas, removal of chimney boxes, replacement cladding and render
Elveden Forest Holiday Village Brandon Road Elveden Thetford Suffolk IP24 3TR
Received 5 Sept 2025
DecidedDC/25/1390/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 service (class E) to one dwelling (class C3)
Units 1 To 2 Hill View Works Simms Lane Hundon Sudbury Suffolk CO10 8DT
Received 4 Sept 2025
DecidedDC/25/1391/FUL
Planning application - remedial works to external garden retaining wall
Dalham Hall Church Lane Dalham Suffolk CB8 8TB
Received 5 Sept 2025
DecidedDC/25/1392/LB
Application for listed building consent - remedial works to external garden retaining wall
Dalham Hall Church Lane Dalham Suffolk CB8 8TB
Received 5 Sept 2025
DecidedDC/25/1393/FUL
Planning application - detached building for use class F1 - education, with two air source heat pumps
Exning Primary School Oxford Street Exning Newmarket Suffolk CB8 7EW
Received 5 Sept 2025
DecidedNMA(E)/22/1193
Non material amendment to DC/22/1193/RM - realignment/design of one basin and omission of swales on the south eastern boundary
Land South Rougham Hill Rougham Hill Bury St Edmunds Suffolk
Received 4 Sept 2025
DecidedDC/25/1394/ADV
Application for advertisement consent - one non-illuminated fascia sign
Sealey Power Products Kempson Way Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP32 7AR
Received 4 Sept 2025
DecidedDC/25/1395/HH
Householder planning application - a. removal of garage door and replace with window with rooflight above
27 Tern Close Haverhill Suffolk CB9 0JN
Received 4 Sept 2025
DecidedDC/25/1396/FUL
Planning application - single storey log cabin kiosk with associated path and steps
Elveden Forest Holiday Village Brandon Road Elveden Thetford Suffolk IP24 3TR
Received 4 Sept 2025
DecidedDC/25/1397/FUL
Planning application - detached building for use as microbrewery (use class B2 general industrial)
Bridge Farm Bury Road Ixworth Suffolk IP31 2HX
Received 5 Sept 2025
DecidedDC/25/1398/P14JPA
Prior approval application under Part 14 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - roof mounted solar panels
Churchill Special Free School Chalkstone Way Haverhill Suffolk CB9 0LB
Received 5 Sept 2025
DecidedDC/25/1399/HH
Householder planning application - a. car port with attached annexe including weatherboarding b. first floor rear extension c. weatherboarding to south bay d. reconstruction of chimneys e. replacement white painted timber windows with blue painted timber windows f. demolition of existing garage
Boyden Paddock Bunters Road Wickhambrook Suffolk CB8 8XX
Received 5 Sept 2025
DecidedDC/25/1400/LB
Application for listed building consent -a.first floor rear extension, b.removal of cement-based render, c. reinstatement and repainting of lime rendered walls, d.weatherboarding to south-bay e.stabilisation of north east elevation wall structure, f. removal and redress top layer of thatch with flashing to chimneys and roof junctions in lead, g. reconstruction of chimneys, h. renovation of existing outbuildings, i. removal of existing doors for stripping, redecoration & reinstatement, j. replacement white painted timber windows with blue painted timber windows k. removal of concrete ground floor and modern hoggin and reinstate ground floors in limecrete, l. relocate centrally placed doorway and insertion of oak post below axial beam m. demolition of existing garage
Boyden Paddock Bunters Road Wickhambrook Suffolk CB8 8XX
Received 8 Sept 2025
DecidedDCON(B)/22/1954
Application to discharge condition 3 (arboricultural method statement) of application DC/22/1954/HH
Grove House Livermere Road Great Barton Suffolk IP31 2SB
Received 5 Sept 2025
InvalidNMA(A)/22/1954
Non material amendment to DC/22/1954 HH - amended roof design and amendments to fenestration, door and window positions, and installation of 2no Air Source Heat Pumps.
Grove House Livermere Road Great Barton Suffolk IP31 2SB
Received 5 Sept 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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