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Westgate Community Primary School Bungalow, Brooklands Close, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3JX.

SCC/0053/23SEFull Planning applicationApproved
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Approved on 17 April 2024

Council decision: App/Conds

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing garage and construction of hardstanding for 3 car parking spaces with manoeuvring area, using existing access. Alterations to bungalow to permit change of use to solo children's home.

Received
12 July 2023
Ward
Westgate (Hardwick)
  1. Received12 Jul
  2. Validated10 Aug
  3. Consult.20 Sep
  4. Target
  5. Decided17 Apr

Decided in 251 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Westgate Community Primary School Bungalow, Brooklands Close, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3JX.. Suffolk has handled 126 applications of this type. This one was decided in 280 days, 32 weeks longer than Suffolk's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 486 applications in total for the IP33 postcode area.

100% of all applications at Suffolk County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
IP33 3JX
Application type
Full Planning application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bury St Edmunds
District
West Suffolk (BSE)

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 August 2023
Consultation expiry
20 September 2023
Consultation end
20 September 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
2 Friars Bridge Road Ipswich IP1 1RR

Additional information

Documents
37

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)

Possibly incomplete for this council: conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage 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 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

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Source: Suffolk

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