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Willoway Country Park Red Lodge Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP28 8LA

DC/25/0940/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 19 February 2026

Council decision: Approve applicationDelegated (officer decision)8 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Planning application - change of use of land for the siting of two residential caravans with associated concrete pads and hard standing

Received
9 June 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Iceni
Agent
RPS Group plc
  1. Received9 Jun
  2. Validated15 Aug
  3. Consult.10 Feb
  4. Target11 Oct
  5. Decided19 Feb

Decided in 188 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Willoway Country Park Red Lodge Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP28 8LA. West Suffolk has handled 2,535 applications of this type. This one was decided in 255 days, 28 weeks longer than West Suffolk's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 10 applications across Iceni. 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 8LA
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Red Lodge

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 August 2025
Consultation expiry
16 February 2026
Consultation start
27 January 2026
Consultation end
10 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
16 February 2026
Target decision date
11 October 2025
Permission expires
19 February 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
RPS Group plc
Agent address
RPS Group Plc 101 Park Drive Milton Park Abingdon OX14 4RY

Planning decision

Statutory period
57 days

Publicity

Site notice start
26 January 2026
Site notice end
16 February 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14077007
Documents
18
Constraints
21

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Land Off Turnpike Road, Red LodgeRegister site at or near this address
  • 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, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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