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Land North Of Chapel Road West Row Suffolk

DC/23/1930/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 15 February 2024

Council decision: Approve applicationDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Planning application - change of use from agricultural land to cemetery including access, parking areas and landscaping

Received
24 November 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
The Rows
  1. Received24 Nov
  2. Validated24 Nov
  3. Consult.15 Feb
  4. Target22 Jan
  5. Decided15 Feb

Decided in 83 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Land North Of Chapel Road West Row Suffolk. West Suffolk has handled 2,535 applications of this type. This one was decided in 83 days, 4 weeks longer than West Suffolk's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 27 applications across The Rows.

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

Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
West Row

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 November 2023
Consultation expiry
15 February 2024
Consultation start
8 February 2024
Consultation end
15 February 2024
Neighbour consultation end
22 December 2023
Target decision date
22 January 2024
Permission expires
15 February 2027

Planning decision

Statutory period
59 days

Publicity

Last advertised
8 December 2023
Advertisement expiry
31 December 2023
Site notice start
9 January 2024
Site notice end
30 January 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12360893
Documents
29
Constraints
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    15 Sep

    Non-material amendment to DC/23/1930/FUL

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendmentNMA(A)/23/1930
  2. 2026
    10 Feb

    Application to discharge conditions 4 (biodiversity enhancement strategy), 11 (soft landscaping scheme), 13…

    PendingDischarge of conditionsDCON(A)/23/1930
  3. 2023
    24 Nov

    Planning application - change of use from agricultural land to cemetery including access, parking areas and…

    This applicationApprovedFullDC/23/1930/FUL

Source: West Suffolk

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