49 Eastgate Street Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 1YW
Approved on 10 April 2024
Council decision: Approve applicationDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Householder planning application - a. single storey rear extension (shower room/kitchen/dining); b. conversion of roof space to habitable room with stair extended from first floor with dormer to rear; c. first floor roof alteration; d. single storey garden room; e. installation of double glazed windows to ground and first floor to Eastgate Street
- Received
- 12 October 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- West Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Eastgate
- Agent
- Thurlow Architects
- ReceivedReceived12 Oct
- ValidatedValidated12 Oct
- Consult.Consultation5 Apr
- TargetTarget Date7 Dec
- DecidedDecided10 Apr
Decided in 181 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 49 Eastgate Street Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 1YW. West Suffolk has handled 2,535 applications of this type. This one was decided in 181 days, 18 weeks longer than West Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Bury St Edmunds Town Centre conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Eastgate. 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 1YW
- Application type
- Householder Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Bury St Edmunds Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 October 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 6 April 2024
- Consultation start
- 13 March 2024
- Consultation end
- 5 April 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 6 April 2024
- Target decision date
- 7 December 2023
- Permission expires
- 10 April 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Thurlow Architects
- Architect profile
- THURLOW ARCHITECTS LIMITED
- Agent address
- The Studio 61 Hardwick Lane Bury St. Edmunds IP33 2RB
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Gregory McGarr
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 7 November 2023
- Site notice end
- 28 November 2023
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12521996
- Documents
- 16
- Constraints
- 12
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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.
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Source: West Suffolk
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