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Quince House West Suffolk Hospital Hardwick Lane Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 2QZ

DC/26/0355/P14JPAPrior Approval Part 14 Class J of GPDO14Awaiting decision
Outline / PiP

Proposal

Prior Approval Application under Part 14 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - installation of 325 no. pv panels on the roof of Quince House, 1 no. solar inverter and associated infrastructure comprising security rail system

Received
3 March 2026
Decision due
28 April 2026
Ward
Southgate
Agent
Lawson Planning Partnership Ltd
  1. Received3 Mar
  2. Validated3 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target28 Apr
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Quince House West Suffolk Hospital Hardwick Lane Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 2QZ. West Suffolk has handled 399 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 3 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 24 applications across Southgate. We hold 486 applications in total for the IP33 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
IP33 2QZ
Application type
Prior Approval Part 14 Class J of GPDO14
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bury St Edmunds Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Lawson Planning Partnership Ltd
Agent address
884 The Crescent Colchester Business Park Colchester CO4 9YQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14419319
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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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