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Former St James Ceva Middle School The Vinefields Bury St Edmunds Suffolk

DCON(C)/23/0600Pending Decision
Discharge / amendments

Proposal

Application to discharge condition 15 (Archaeological Con 1) of application DC/23/0600/FUL

Received
25 August 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 4 October 2026
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received25 Aug
  2. Validated25 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

This is a planning application at Former St James Ceva Middle School The Vinefields Bury St Edmunds Suffolk. West Suffolk has handled 6,723 applications of this type and approves 94% of them, typically deciding them in 55 days. It was submitted on 25 August 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Bury St Edmunds Town Centre conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address.

Application Details

Reference
DCON(C)/23/0600
Address
Former St James Ceva Middle School The Vinefields Bury St Edmunds Suffolk
Local Authority
West Suffolk
Decision Status
Undecided
Current Status
Pending Decision

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
25 August 2026
Date Validated
25 August 2026
Date Submitted
25 August 2026

Planning Decision

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents
4
Coordinates
52.246037, 0.712517
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: West Suffolk

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Planning constraints

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Bury St Edmunds Town Centre
  • Listed building: Grade II: Boer War MemorialOn or next to this site
  • 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 (20)

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, 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 2026-10-09. 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.

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