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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
8,789Searchable applications
394Recorded as pending
93%Approval rate · 5,987 approved or refused records
407Refused applications

5,580 approved · 407 refused · 613 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Aug 2017 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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

  1. Pending ConsiderationDC/26/1544/TCA

    Trees in a conservation area notification - one Apple (marked T01) re pollard; one Yew (marked T02) overall crown reduction by up to 1.5 metres; one Walnut (marked T03) overall crown reduction by up to two metres; one Maple (marked T04) overall crown reduction by up to 1.5 metres; one Mulberry (marked T05) remove branch overhanging boundary wall and one Ash (marked TG2) fell

    Glenmoor Lodge Ducks Lane Exning Suffolk CB8 7HQ

    Received 9 Oct 2026
  2. Pending ConsiderationDC/26/1551/TCA

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

    105 Queens Road Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 3EP

    Received 12 Oct 2026
  3. Pending ConsiderationDCON(A)/25/0220

    Appliction to discharge condition 3 (Sample Panel) of application DC/25/0220/HH (allowed on appeal APP/F3545/D/25/3368613)

    Forge Cottage 1 South Street Risby Suffolk IP28 6QU

    Received 12 Oct 2026
  4. Pending ConsiderationDC/26/1553/TCA

    Trees in a conservation area notification - one Willow (marked T1 on plan) reduce to a monolith stem at five metres above ground level

    The Old Granary Hall Farm, Car Park Bury Road Great Thurlow Suffolk CB9 7LF

    Received 12 Oct 2026
  5. Pending ConsiderationDC/26/1555/TCA

    Trees in a conservation area notification - two Yew (marked G1 on plan) reduce height by three metres; two Yew (marked G2 on plan) overall reduction by up to two metres; four Yew (marked G3 on plan) crown lift to three metres above ground level

    The Old Rectory Church Lane Dalham Suffolk CB8 8TE

    Received 12 Oct 2026
  6. Pending ConsiderationDC/26/1557/TCA

    Trees in a conservation area notification - two Yew (marked G1 on plan) overall reduction by up to one metre and crown lift by 2.5 metres above ground level

    The Yews 13 Church Street Exning Suffolk CB8 7EH

    Received 12 Oct 2026
  7. Pending ConsiderationDC/26/1559/TCA

    Trees in a conservation area notification - four Elder; one Sycamore; two Walnut and one Hawthorn (marked G1 on plan) fell

    Beverley House, Stables Exeter Road Newmarket Suffolk CB8 8LR

    Received 12 Oct 2026
  8. Pending ConsiderationDC/26/1560/TCA

    Trees in a conservation area notification - one Pine (marked T1) and one Maple (marked T2) fell

    4 Chapel Street Exning Suffolk CB8 7HA

    Received 12 Oct 2026
  9. Pending ConsiderationNMA(A)/25/1895

    Non-material amendment for DC/25/1895/FUL - minor changes to fenestration and materials

    Pakenham Water Mill Mill Road Pakenham Suffolk IP31 2NB

    Received 13 Oct 2026
  10. Pending ConsiderationDC/26/1574/TCA

    Trees in conservation area notification - one Apple (marked on plan) reduce height by up to six metres

    5 Brookside Moulton Suffolk CB8 8SG

    Received 14 Oct 2026

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Researching a proposal in West Suffolk Council

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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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