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Forge Cottage 1 South Street Risby Suffolk IP28 6QU

DC/25/0220/HHHouseholder ApplicationRefused
Householder

Refused on 23 April 2025

Council decision: Refuse applicationDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Householder planning application - a. removal of porch, b. single storey side extension

Received
10 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Risby
Agent
Modece Architects Limited
  1. Received10 Feb
  2. Validated12 Feb
  3. Consult.6 Mar
  4. Target9 Apr
  5. Decided23 Apr

Decided in 70 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey side extension at Forge Cottage 1 South Street Risby Suffolk IP28 6QU. West Suffolk has handled 2,535 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 2 weeks longer than West Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Risby conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 45 applications across Risby. We hold 1,144 applications in total for the IP28 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
IP28 6QU
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Risby

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 February 2025
Consultation expiry
1 April 2025
Consultation start
13 February 2025
Consultation end
6 March 2025
Neighbour consultation end
6 March 2025
Target decision date
9 April 2025
Committee meeting
22 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Modece Architects Limited
Architect profile
MODECE ARCHITECTS LTD
Agent address
4 The Old Fox Yard Ipswich Street Stowmarket IP31 1AB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
21 February 2025
Advertisement expiry
14 March 2025
Site notice start
11 March 2025
Site notice end
1 April 2025

Appeal history

3368613
Allowed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 12 September 2025Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13752571
Documents
21
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Risby
  • 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

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© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    12 Oct

    Appliction to discharge condition 3 (Sample Panel) of application DC/25/0220/HH

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDCON(A)/25/0220
  2. 2025
    10 Feb

    Householder planning application - a. removal of porch, b. single storey side extension

    This applicationRefusedHouseholderDC/25/0220/HH

Source: West Suffolk

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