Lancaster BMW Thetford Road Fornham St Martin Suffolk IP31 1SX
Approved on 13 November 2025
Council decision: Approve applicationDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Planning application - a. workshop extension, b. detached single storey building for car valet services
- Received
- 15 August 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- West Suffolk Council
- Ward
- The Fornhams And Great Barton
- Agent
- MDG Ltd
- ReceivedReceived15 Aug
- ValidatedValidated15 Aug
- Consult.Consultation10 Sep
- TargetTarget Date11 Oct
- DecidedDecided13 Nov
Decided in 90 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for an extension at Lancaster BMW Thetford Road Fornham St Martin Suffolk IP31 1SX. West Suffolk has handled 2,535 applications of this type. This one was decided in 90 days, 5 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 70 applications across The Fornhams And Great Barton. We hold 1,715 applications in total for the IP31 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
- IP31 1SX
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Fornham St. Martin Cum St.Genevieve
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 15 August 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 30 September 2025
- Consultation start
- 19 August 2025
- Consultation end
- 10 September 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 10 September 2025
- Target decision date
- 11 October 2025
- Permission expires
- 13 November 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- MDG Ltd
- Agent address
- MDG Limited Office 201 The Folium 5-8 Caroline Street Birmingham B3 1TR
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 57 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 9 September 2025
- Site notice end
- 30 September 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14192117
- Documents
- 26
- Constraints
- 38
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
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.
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Source: West Suffolk
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