The Woodlands Finningham Road Walsham Le Willows Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3BQ

DC/25/03144Listed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 12 September 2025

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Application for Listed Building Consent - Restore 3 dormer windows to attic rooms.

Received: 14 July 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 2
Council: Babergh District Council
Ward: Walsham-le-Willows
Agent: Adam Power Associates (Rickinghall)

ReceivedReceived14 Jul
ValidatedValidated22 Jul
Consult.Consultation15 Aug
TargetTarget Date2 Sep
DecidedDecided12 Sep

Decided in 52 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a dormer extension at The Woodlands Finningham Road Walsham Le Willows Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3BQ. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 1,753 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 11 days longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Walsham le Willows conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 9 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 79 applications across Walsham-le-Willows. We hold 1,715 applications in total for the IP31 postcode area.

96% of heritage 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 3BQ
Application type: Listed Building Consent
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Walsham Le Willows

Planning application dates

Date validated: 22 July 2025
Consultation expiry: 27 August 2025
Consultation start: 25 July 2025
Consultation end: 15 August 2025
Last date for comments: 27 August 2025
Target decision date: 2 September 2025
Permission expires: 12 September 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent: Adam Power Associates (Rickinghall)
Agent address: Adam Power Associates (Rickinghall) The Old Chapel The Street Rickinghall IP221BN

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 6 August 2025
Advertisement expiry: 27 August 2025
Site notice start: 6 August 2025
Site notice end: 27 August 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14160771
Documents: 17
Constraints: 4

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Conservation area: Walsham le Willows
Listed building: Grade II: The WoodlandsOn this site

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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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.

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Associated applications

2025
29 Oct
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/25/03144
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDC/25/04808
2025
14 Jul
Application for Listed Building Consent - Restore 3 dormer windows to attic rooms.
This applicationApprovedListed building consentDC/25/03144

Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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