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West Suffolk Hospital Hardwick Lane Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 2QZ

DC/23/2085/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 27 February 2024

Council decision: Approve applicationDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Planning application - provisions of plant deck, steps and screen fences to house mechanical plant for MRI suite

Received
22 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Southgate
Agent
KLH Architects Ltd
  1. Received22 Dec
  2. Validated22 Dec
  3. Consult.7 Feb
  4. Target19 Feb
  5. Decided27 Feb

Decided in 67 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at West Suffolk Hospital Hardwick Lane Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 2QZ. West Suffolk has handled 2,535 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 11 days longer than West Suffolk's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 24 applications across Southgate. 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 2QZ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bury St Edmunds Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 December 2023
Consultation expiry
9 February 2024
Consultation start
17 January 2024
Consultation end
7 February 2024
Neighbour consultation end
24 January 2024
Target decision date
19 February 2024
Permission expires
27 February 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
KLH Architects Ltd
Architect profile
KLH ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
KLH Architects Ltd The Old Steelyard Poplar Lane Sproughton Ipswich IP8 3HL

Planning decision

Statutory period
59 days

Publicity

Last advertised
12 January 2024
Advertisement expiry
2 February 2024
Site notice start
19 January 2024
Site notice end
9 February 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12600380
Documents
14
Constraints
6

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.

Source: West Suffolk

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