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

DC/16/1469/HHHouseholder ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 5 December 2017

Council decision: Approve applicationDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Householder Planning Application - (i) single storey garden room on rear elevation including alterations to window and door (following demolition of existing conservatory, (ii) detached garage with studio above (following demolition of existing shed and (iii) electric gates and timber fencing

Received
8 July 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Risby
  1. Received8 Jul
  2. Validated15 Aug
  3. Consult.7 Sep
  4. Target10 Oct
  5. Decided5 Dec

Decided in 477 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition 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 515 days, 66 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
15 August 2016
Consultation expiry
26 September 2016
Consultation start
17 August 2016
Consultation end
7 September 2016
Neighbour consultation end
7 September 2016
Target decision date
10 October 2016
Permission expires
1 May 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
19 August 2016
Advertisement expiry
9 September 2016
Site notice start
5 September 2016
Site notice end
26 September 2016

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-05251910
Documents
20
Constraints
10

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. 2016
    8 Jul

    Householder Planning Application - (i) single storey garden room on rear elevation including alterations to…

    This applicationApprovedHouseholderDC/16/1469/HH
  2. 2016
    8 Jul

    Application for Listed Building Consent - (i) single storey garden room on rear elevation including…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsideDC/16/1470/LB

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