Chapel House 23A Garland Street Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 1EZ
Refused on 14 April 2026
Council decision: Refuse application1 reason for refusal
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Proposal
Householder planning application - a. replace window with french doors on first floor rear elevation b. box gutter in roof of single storey rear extension
- Received
- 17 February 2026
- Council
- West Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Eastgate
- Agent
- Phil Cobbold Planning Ltd
- ReceivedReceived17 Feb
- ValidatedValidated17 Feb
- Consult.Consultation25 Mar
- TargetTarget Date16 Apr
- DecidedDecided14 Apr
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at Chapel House 23A Garland Street Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 1EZ. West Suffolk has handled 2,535 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the Bury St Edmunds Town Centre conservation area, with 18 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Eastgate. We hold 486 applications in total for the IP33 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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Why it was refused
- The proposal seeks to regularise unauthorised works comprising the replacement of a rear window with first floor opening French doors and the introduction of a box gutter. Given the tight, terraced urban context of the site and the close proximity of neighbouring rear gardens, the introduction of French doors would allow for direct views when in use towards adjoining private amenity spaces, and their presence at first floor level would also create a continued perception of being overlooked, resulting in a persistent and harmful sense of intrusion to neighbouring occupiers. The harm would be unavoidable through practical mitigation, given the constrained site relationships and the functional requirement for the doors to open and would therefore persist for the lifetime of the development. The proposal consequently fails to safeguard neighbouring residential amenity and conflicts with Policy SP4 of the Suffolk Local Plan, which requires development to protect or enhance the amenity of existing and future users, and Policy LP17, which permits alterations to dwellings only where they do not adversely affect the residential amenity of occupants of nearby properties.
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- IP33 1EZ
- Application type
- Householder Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Bury St Edmunds Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 4 April 2026
- Consultation start
- 4 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 25 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 30 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 16 April 2026
- Committee meeting
- 7 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Phil Cobbold Planning Ltd
- Agent address
- 138 High Road Trimley St Mary IP11 0SU
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Charlotte Russell
- Statutory period
- 58 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 13 March 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 4 April 2026
- Site notice start
- 5 March 2026
- Site notice end
- 26 March 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14672273
- Documents
- 9
- Constraints
- 17
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Bury St Edmunds Town Centre
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: West Suffolk
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