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Barley House Great Barton Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 2PH

DC/23/1294/FULFull Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 28 February 2024

Council decision: Refuse applicationDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Planning application - a. first floor rear extension to provide two apartments with a new external staircase b. associated access, parking and new pedestrian link

Received
11 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
The Fornhams And Great Barton
Agent
Lisa Skinner Associates Ltd
  1. Received11 Aug
  2. Validated2 Oct
  3. Consult.25 Oct
  4. Target27 Nov
  5. Decided28 Feb

Decided in 149 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at Barley House Great Barton Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 2PH. West Suffolk has handled 2,535 applications of this type. This one was decided in 201 days, 21 weeks longer than West Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

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
IP31 2PH
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Great Barton

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 October 2023
Consultation expiry
16 November 2023
Consultation start
4 October 2023
Consultation end
25 October 2023
Neighbour consultation end
25 October 2023
Target decision date
27 November 2023
Committee meeting
13 February 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Lisa Skinner Associates Ltd
Agent address
Lisa Skinner Associates Ltd Stirling House Denny End Road Waterbeach Cambridge CB25 9PB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
6 October 2023
Advertisement expiry
27 October 2023
Site notice start
26 October 2023
Site notice end
16 November 2023

Appeal

Appeal reference
AP/24/0029/STAND
Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Appeal history

3345855
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 12 February 2025Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12370801
Documents
31
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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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Source: West Suffolk

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