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Land South Of 35 To 44A Queens Road Bury St Edmunds Suffolk

DC/24/0730/FULFull Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 23 October 2024

Council decision: Refuse applicationDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Planning application - one dwelling (self-build)

Received
29 May 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Minden
Agent
Big Brown Dog Limited
  1. Received29 May
  2. Validated13 Jun
  3. Consult.7 Oct
  4. Target8 Aug
  5. Decided23 Oct

Decided in 132 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land South Of 35 To 44A Queens Road Bury St Edmunds Suffolk. West Suffolk has handled 2,535 applications of this type. This one was decided in 147 days, 13 weeks longer than West Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Bury St Edmunds Victoria Street conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Minden.

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
13 June 2024
Consultation expiry
7 October 2024
Consultation start
23 September 2024
Consultation end
7 October 2024
Neighbour consultation end
4 July 2024
Target decision date
8 August 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Big Brown Dog Limited
Architect profile
BIG BROWN DOG LIMITED
Agent address
The Old Post Office Brookside Dalham CB8 8TG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
21 June 2024
Advertisement expiry
12 July 2024
Site notice start
19 June 2024
Site notice end
10 July 2024

Appeal history

3356609
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 1 July 2025Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13100616
Documents
46
Constraints
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Bury St Edmunds Victoria Street
  • 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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