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1 Cresslands Lane Hawkedon Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP29 4NW

DC/24/1572/HHHouseholder ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 20 December 2024

Council decision: Approve applicationDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Householder planning application - a. conversion of integral garage into additional living accommodation b. installation of flue and wood burner

Received
25 October 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Whepstead And Wickhambrook
Agent
Dean Jay Pearce Architectural Design
  1. Received25 Oct
  2. Validated12 Nov
  3. Consult.13 Dec
  4. Target10 Jan
  5. Decided20 Dec

Decided in 38 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 1 Cresslands Lane Hawkedon Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP29 4NW. West Suffolk has handled 2,535 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,033 applications in total for the IP29 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
IP29 4NW
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hawkedon

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 November 2024
Consultation expiry
13 December 2024
Consultation start
22 November 2024
Consultation end
13 December 2024
Neighbour consultation end
3 December 2024
Target decision date
10 January 2025
Permission expires
20 December 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Dean Jay Pearce Architectural Design
Agent address
2/3 Milestone House Hall Street Long Melford Suffolk CO10 9HZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
59 days

Publicity

Site notice start
19 November 2024
Site notice end
10 December 2024

Additional information

Documents
8
Constraints
7

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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