Metcalfe Almshouses The Pound Hawstead Suffolk IP29 5NJ
Approved on 2 February 2023
Council decision: Approve applicationDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Planning application - installation of ground mounted photovoltaic array and laying of connecting cable
- Received
- 7 December 2022
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- West Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Horringer
- ReceivedReceived7 Dec
- ValidatedValidated7 Dec
- Consult.Consultation5 Jan
- TargetTarget Date4 Feb
- DecidedDecided2 Feb
Decided in 57 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Metcalfe Almshouses The Pound Hawstead Suffolk IP29 5NJ. West Suffolk has handled 2,535 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. The site is in 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 52 applications across Horringer. We hold 1,033 applications in total for the IP29 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
- IP29 5NJ
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Hawstead
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 7 December 2022
- Consultation expiry
- 1 February 2023
- Consultation start
- 12 December 2022
- Consultation end
- 5 January 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 5 January 2023
- Target decision date
- 4 February 2023
- Permission expires
- 2 February 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Philip Metcalfe's Almshouses
- Agent address
- Metcalfe Almshouses The Pound Hawstead Bury St Edmunds IP29 5NJ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 59 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 16 December 2022
- Advertisement expiry
- 9 January 2023
- Site notice start
- 11 January 2023
- Site notice end
- 1 February 2023
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-11738436
- Documents
- 8
- Constraints
- 8
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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
Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
© 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.
Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Source: West Suffolk
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