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Holly Lodge The Street Fornham St Martin Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 1SW

DC/14/0443/HPAHouseholder Prior ApprovalApproved
Householder

Approved on 14 April 2014

Council decision: Not required

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Householder Prior Approval - Single storey rear extension which extends beyond the rear wall of the original house by 6.5 metres with a maximum height of 3.2 metres and a height of 3 metres to the eaves.

Received
12 March 2014
Ward
The Fornhams And Great Barton
  1. Received12 Mar
  2. Validated17 Mar
  3. Consult.9 Apr
  4. Target28 Apr
  5. Decided14 Apr

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at Holly Lodge The Street Fornham St Martin Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 1SW. West Suffolk has handled 399 applications of this type. This one was decided in 33 days, 3 weeks quicker than West Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 70 applications across The Fornhams And Great Barton. We hold 1,716 applications in total for the IP31 postcode area.

82% of outline applications at West Suffolk Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
IP31 1SW
Application type
Householder Prior Approval
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Fornham St. Martin Cum St.Genevieve

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 March 2014
Consultation expiry
9 April 2014
Consultation end
9 April 2014
Neighbour consultation end
9 April 2014
Target decision date
28 April 2014
Permission expires
30 May 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent address
@ The Drawing Board 3 The Posting House Hall Street Long Melford Sudbury Suffolk CO10 9JA

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
4
Constraints
5

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. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

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

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© 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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Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    10 Feb

    TPO 290(1973) tree preservation order - one walnut (marked T001 on plan and T14 on order) reduce branches…

    ApprovedWorks to TPO'sDC/26/0205/TPO
  2. 2020
    3 Jun

    TPO 290 (1973) -Tree Preservation Order - 1no. Walnut (T1 on plan, T14 on Order) (i) crown reduce by up to 2…

    ApprovedWorks to TPO'sDC/20/0899/TPO
  3. 2018
    30 May

    Householder Planning Application - 1no garage

    ApprovedHouseholderDC/18/1022/HH
  4. 2017
    12 Jun

    TPO290(1973) - Tree Preservation Order - 1 no. Walnut tree (T26 on order) - Reduce lateral spread of two…

    ApprovedWorks to TPO'sDC/17/1215/TPO
  5. 2013
    29 Jul

    Planning Application - Erection of side & rear extension as amplified by agents email sent 3 October 2013 and…

    ApprovedHouseholderSE/13/0934/HH
  6. 2013
    18 Apr

    TPO290(1973)9 - Tree Preservation Order ApplicationWalnut tree (T26 on Order) - Crown reduce by shortening…

    ApprovedWorks to TPO'sSE/13/0560/TPO

Source: West Suffolk

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