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6 Southgate Green Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 2BL

DC/23/1491/FULFull Planning ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 19 December 2023

Council decision: Refuse applicationDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Planning application - one dwelling, access and parking

Received
8 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Abbeygate
  1. Received8 Sep
  2. Validated24 Oct
  3. Consult.14 Dec
  4. Target19 Dec
  5. Decided19 Dec

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 6 Southgate Green Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 2BL. West Suffolk has handled 2,535 applications of this type. This one was decided in 102 days, 7 weeks longer than West Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Bury St Edmunds Town Centre conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 73 applications across Abbeygate. We hold 486 applications in total for the IP33 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
IP33 2BL
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bury St Edmunds Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 October 2023
Consultation expiry
14 December 2023
Consultation start
7 December 2023
Consultation end
14 December 2023
Neighbour consultation end
16 November 2023
Target decision date
19 December 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
3 Ascham Road Cambridge CB4 2BD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
3 November 2023
Advertisement expiry
24 November 2023
Site notice start
26 October 2023
Site notice end
16 November 2023

Appeal

Appeal reference
AP/24/0021/STAND
Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Appeal history

3339588
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 25 October 2024Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
26
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Bury St Edmunds Town Centre
  • 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 (21)

flood storage 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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