Knowle House Church Square Bures St Mary Bures Suffolk CO8 5AB
Refused on 17 March 2026
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/24/01103 - Biodiversity Gain Condition
- Received
- 19 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- Bures St Mary & Nayland
- ReceivedReceived19 Jan
- ValidatedValidated20 Jan
- Consult.Consultation10 Feb
- TargetTarget Date3 Mar
- DecidedDecided17 Mar
Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an application to discharge conditions at Knowle House Church Square Bures St Mary Bures Suffolk CO8 5AB. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 2,320 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days, 8 days longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Bures St Mary conservation area, with 18 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Bures St Mary & Nayland. We hold 165 applications in total for the CO8 postcode area.
95% of conditions 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
- CO8 5AB
- Application type
- Discharge of Condition(s)
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Bures St Mary
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 10 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 20 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 10 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 10 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 3 March 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14635198
- Documents
- 11
- Constraints
- 13
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Bures St Mary
- Listed building: Grade II*: Malthouse and Premises Occupied By W A Church (Bures) LtdOn or next to this site · +1 more
- Brownfield land register: Former Chambers Bus Depot, Church Square, Bures St MaryRegister site at or near this address
- 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 (19)
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 and heritage coasts.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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Planning history at this site
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20267 May
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/24/01103
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDC/26/01954 - 20269 Apr
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/24/01103
PendingDischarge of conditionsDC/26/01515 - 202613 Mar
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/22/00754
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDC/26/01101 - 202613 Mar
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/24/01103
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDC/26/01102 - 202516 Sep
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/24/01103
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDC/25/04131
Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk
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