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Old Shire Hall Honey Hill Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 1RT

NMA(A)/25/0464Non Material AmendmentApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 23 March 2026

Council decision: Approve applicationDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Non-material amendment to DC/25/0464/VAR - alteration to design of second-floor balcony of Magistrates Court Building

Received
20 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Abbeygate
Agent
Evolution Town Planning Ltd
  1. Received20 Feb
  2. Validated20 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target20 Mar
  5. Decided23 Mar

Decided in 31 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Old Shire Hall Honey Hill Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 1RT. West Suffolk has handled 282 applications of this type. This one was decided in 31 days, 4 weeks quicker 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 have been 3 other applications 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.

95% of amendment 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 1RT
Application type
Non Material Amendment
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bury St Edmunds Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 February 2026
Target decision date
20 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Evolution Town Planning Ltd
Agent address
Opus House Elm Farm Park Thurston Bury St Edmunds IP31 3SH

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14685848
Documents
28
Constraints
21

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (18)

flood storage areas, green belt, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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.

Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    16 Oct

    Non-material amendment to DC/25/0464/VAR

    PendingNon-material amendmentNMA(B)/25/0464
  2. 2026
    26 Jun

    Application to discharge conditions 3b (later approval of details), 7 (new services) and 8 (minor additions)…

    PendingDischarge of conditionsDCON(C)/25/0461
  3. 2026
    17 Feb

    Planning application - variation of condition 2 (approved plans) of DC/25/0461/VAR

    PendingVariation of conditions (s73)DC/26/0271/VAR
  4. 2025
    3 Jul

    Application to discharge condition 7 (new services) of application DC/25/0461/VAR

    PendingDischarge of conditionsDCON(B)/25/0461
  5. 2024
    15 May

    Planning application - a. variation of condition 2 to remove reference to plans 364-540

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)DC/24/0665/VAR
  6. 2024
    19 Jan

    Planning application - a. conversion and renovation to create six dwellings b. alterations to car park

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationDC/24/0093/FUL

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