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Lower Farm Cottage The Green Risby Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP28 6QR

DC/15/2574/HHHouseholder ApplicationRefused
Householder

Refused on 23 March 2016

Council decision: Refuse applicationDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Householder Planning Application - (i) First floor extension and provision of 1no window to existing ground floor front elevation (ii) single storey garden room extension (iii) detached garage/studio building (iv) timber electrical gates

Received
18 December 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Risby
  1. Received18 Dec
  2. Validated27 Jan
  3. Consult.19 Feb
  4. Target23 Mar
  5. Decided23 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at Lower Farm Cottage The Green Risby Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP28 6QR. West Suffolk has handled 2,535 applications of this type. This one was decided in 96 days, 6 weeks longer than West Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Risby conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 45 applications across Risby. We hold 1,144 applications in total for the IP28 postcode area.

94% of full 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
IP28 6QR
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Risby

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 January 2016
Consultation expiry
26 February 2016
Consultation start
29 January 2016
Consultation end
19 February 2016
Neighbour consultation end
19 February 2016
Target decision date
23 March 2016
Permission expires
23 March 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent address
10 Grange Walk Bury St. Edmunds Suffolk IP33 2QB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
5 February 2016
Advertisement expiry
26 February 2016
Site notice start
4 February 2016
Site notice end
25 February 2016

Additional information

Documents
12
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Risby
  • Listed building: Grade II: Honeysuckle CottagesOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • 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 (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.

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

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Associated applications

  1. 2015
    18 Dec

    Householder Planning Application - (i) First floor extension and provision of 1no window to existing ground…

    This applicationRefusedHouseholderDC/15/2574/HH
  2. 2015
    18 Dec

    Application for Listed Building Consent - (i) First floor extension and provison of 1no window to existing…

    RefusedListed building consentFiled alongsideDC/16/0027/LB

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