The Weymed Site Swan Lane Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 2AR
Approved on 18 September 2026
Council decision: Approve application2 conditions
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Proposal
Planning application - nine dwellings with associated access
- Received
- 13 April 2026
- Council
- West Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Abbeygate
- Agent
- Thurlow Architects
- ReceivedReceived13 Apr
- ValidatedValidated13 Apr
- Consult.Consultation22 May
- TargetTarget Date10 Jun
- DecidedDecided18 Sep
Decided in 158 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at The Weymed Site Swan Lane Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 2AR. West Suffolk has handled 2,535 applications of this type. This one was decided in 158 days, 15 weeks longer than West Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Bury St Edmunds Town Centre conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 73 applications across Abbeygate. 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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Application details
- Postcode
- IP33 2AR
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Bury St Edmunds Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 13 April 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 23 May 2026
- Consultation start
- 30 April 2026
- Consultation end
- 22 May 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 17 May 2026
- Target decision date
- 10 June 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Thurlow Architects
- Architect profile
- THURLOW ARCHITECTS LIMITED
- Agent address
- The Studio 61 Hardwick Lane Bury St. Edmunds IP33 2RB
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Tamara Benford-Brown
- Statutory period
- 58 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 1 May 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 23 May 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14805225
- Documents
- 28
- Constraints
- 18
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Bury St Edmunds Town Centre
- Listed building: Grade II: Detached Outbuilding in Garden of Number 4On or next to this site · +3 more
- Brownfield land register: Weymed Site, Bury St EdmundsRegister 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 (19)
flood storage areas, 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.
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Associated applications
- 202627 Oct
Planning application - Variation of condition 2 of DC/26/0587/FUL
PendingVariation of conditions (s73)DC/26/1596/VAR - 202613 Apr
Planning application - nine dwellings with associated access
This applicationApprovedFullDC/26/0587/FUL
Source: West Suffolk
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