Old Shire Hall And Magistrates Court Honey Hill Bury St Edmunds Suffolk
Approved on 19 April 2024
Council decision: Approve applicationDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Planning application - a. conversion and renovation to create six dwellings b. alterations to car park
- Received
- 19 January 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- West Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Abbeygate
- Agent
- Evolution Town Planning Ltd
- ReceivedReceived19 Jan
- ValidatedValidated24 Jan
- Consult.Consultation13 Apr
- TargetTarget Date20 Mar
- DecidedDecided19 Apr
Decided in 86 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Old Shire Hall And Magistrates Court Honey Hill Bury St Edmunds Suffolk. West Suffolk has handled 2,535 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 5 weeks longer than West Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Bury St Edmunds Town Centre conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 73 applications across Abbeygate.
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
- Bury St Edmunds Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 24 January 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 13 April 2024
- Consultation start
- 21 March 2024
- Consultation end
- 13 April 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 19 February 2024
- Target decision date
- 20 March 2024
- Permission expires
- 19 April 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Evolution Town Planning Ltd
- Agent address
- Opus House Elm Farm Park Thurston Bury St Edmunds IP31 3SH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 2 February 2024
- Advertisement expiry
- 23 February 2024
- Site notice start
- 29 January 2024
- Site notice end
- 19 February 2024
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12665553
- Documents
- 73
- Constraints
- 21
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Bury St Edmunds Town Centre
- Scheduled monument: Bury St Edmund's Abbey: including the monks' cemetery and outer precinct and vineyard wal…Next to the site
- 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 (18)
flood storage areas, green belt, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202620 Feb
Non-material amendment to DC/25/0464/VAR
ApprovedNon-material amendmentNMA(A)/25/0464 - 202617 Feb
Planning application - variation of condition 2 (approved plans) of DC/25/0461/VAR
PendingVariation of conditions (s73)DC/26/0271/VAR - 202415 May
Planning application - a. variation of condition 2 to remove reference to plans 364-540
ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)DC/24/0665/VAR
Source: West Suffolk
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- Evolution Town Planning Limited · Agent for this application
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