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Victoria Inn Norton Road Thurston Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3QH

DC/23/00889Full Planning ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 19 April 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Full Planning Application - Erection of smoking shelter (retention of)

Received
22 February 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Thurston
Agent
Arc Design Consultants Ltd
  1. Received22 Feb
  2. Validated23 Feb
  3. Consult.15 Mar
  4. Target6 Apr
  5. Decided19 Apr

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Victoria Inn Norton Road Thurston Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3QH. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 118 applications across Thurston. We hold 1,715 applications in total for the IP31 postcode area.

90% of full applications at Babergh District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
IP31 3QH
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Thurston

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 February 2023
Consultation expiry
6 April 2023
Consultation start
22 February 2023
Consultation end
15 March 2023
Neighbour consultation start
23 February 2023
Neighbour consultation end
16 March 2023
Last date for comments
7 April 2023
Target decision date
6 April 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Arc Design Consultants Ltd
Agent address
18 Sunningdale Orton Waterville Peterborough PE2 5UB United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Site notice start
16 March 2023
Site notice end
6 April 2023

Appeal

Appeal reference
AP/23/00052
Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Withdrawn

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11959349
Documents
9
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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