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Virginia House Thurlow Road Withersfield Suffolk CB9 7SA

DC/24/1020/HHHouseholder ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 1 October 2024

Council decision: Approve applicationDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Householder planning application - a. single storey side extension b. new window to side elevation first floor

Received
22 July 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Withersfield
  1. Received22 Jul
  2. Validated5 Aug
  3. Consult.27 Aug
  4. Target1 Oct
  5. Decided1 Oct

Decided in 57 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey side extension at Virginia House Thurlow Road Withersfield Suffolk CB9 7SA. West Suffolk has handled 2,535 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 2 weeks longer than West Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Withersfield conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Withersfield. We hold 370 applications in total for the CB9 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
CB9 7SA
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Withersfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 August 2024
Consultation expiry
6 September 2024
Consultation start
5 August 2024
Consultation end
27 August 2024
Neighbour consultation end
27 August 2024
Target decision date
1 October 2024
Permission expires
1 October 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Paul Mitchell + Co
Agent address
Paul Mitchell + Co Saling House Woods Close Sturmer CB9 7ZH

Planning decision

Statutory period
57 days

Publicity

Last advertised
9 August 2024
Advertisement expiry
31 August 2024
Site notice start
15 August 2024
Site notice end
6 September 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13249063
Documents
6
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Withersfield
  • Listed building: Grade II: GuildhallOn or next to this 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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Associated applications

  1. 2026
    23 Jul

    Planning application - variation of conditions 2 and 3 of DC/24/1020/HH

    PendingVariation of conditions (s73)DC/26/1109/VAR
  2. 2024
    22 Jul

    Householder planning application - a. single storey side extension b. new window to side elevation first floor

    This applicationApprovedHouseholderDC/24/1020/HH

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