Dwellings 1 And 2 Adj Elm Cottage Cox Lane Great Barton Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 2NS
Proposal
Prior approval application under part 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment and Consequential Provisions) (England) Order 2015 - change of use from agricultural building to create two dwellings
- Received
- 16 February 2026
- Decision due
- 13 April 2026
- Council
- West Suffolk Council
- Ward
- The Fornhams And Great Barton
- Agent
- Acorus Rural Property Services
- ReceivedReceived16 Feb
- ValidatedValidated16 Feb
- Consult.Consultation18 Mar
- TargetTarget Date13 Apr
- DecidedDecided
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at Dwellings 1 And 2 Adj Elm Cottage Cox Lane Great Barton Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 2NS. West Suffolk has handled 399 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 16 February 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. 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 1,716 applications in total for the IP31 postcode area.
82% of outline 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 2NS
- Application type
- Prior Approval Agriculture to dwellings
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Great Barton
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 26 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 20 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 18 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Acorus Rural Property Services
- Architect profile
- ACORUS RURAL PROPERTY SERVICES LIMITED
- Agent address
- Old Market Office Risbygate Street Bury St Edmunds IP33 3AA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 5 March 2026
- Site notice end
- 26 March 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14709410
- Documents
- 14
- Constraints
- 8
Site constraints
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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