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Risby Business Park Risby

SE/07/1542Full Planning ApplicationPermitted
Full

Proposal

Planning Application - Construction of business park utilising existing vehicular access to incorporate (i) erection of 30 business units within 7 blocks (ii) change of use, conversion and extension of existing building to form office accommodation (iii) erection of detached 3 bedroom house with detached garage/store for use as site manager's dwelling and office/meeting room (iv) associated landscaping and parking as supported by Flood Risk Assessment received 26th November 2007 and as amended by letter and plans received 19th December 2007 indicating revision to window to block F and revised landscape plan and further amended by revised landscaping plan received 12th February 2008, traffic assessment received 13th February 2008 and layout plan received 14th February 2008 indicating revised lorry parking and cycle parking.

Received
11 October 2007
Decided
2 May 2008 · Approve application
Ward
Risby
Approximate site (title boundary)
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  1. Received11 Oct
  2. Validated11 Oct
  3. Consult.12 Dec
  4. Target10 Jan
  5. Decided2 May

Decided in 204 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in West Suffolk94% of full applications approved

This is a full planning application for a garage at Risby Business Park Risby. West Suffolk has handled 2,494 applications of this type and approves 92% of them, typically deciding them in 59 days. This one was decided in 204 days, 21 weeks longer than West Suffolk's median. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Risby.

Application Details

Reference
SE/07/1542
Address
Risby Business Park Risby
Local Authority
West Suffolk
Application Type
Full Planning Application
Scale / Size
Medium
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Decided
Ward
Risby
Parish
Risby

Applicant & Agent

Agent Address
Old School Studios 140 Eastgate Street Bury St. Edmunds Suffolk IP33 1XX

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
11 October 2007
Consultation Expiry
20 December 2007
Target Decision Date
10 January 2008
Date Decided
2 May 2008
Date Validated
11 October 2007
Date Submitted
11 October 2007
Consultation Start
28 November 2007
Consultation End
12 December 2007
Committee Meeting
3 April 2008

Planning Decision

Decision
Approve application
Statutory Period
91 days

Publicity

Last Advertised
30 November 2007
Advertisement Expiry
20 December 2007

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents
51
Constraints
2
Coordinates
52.264763, 0.628222
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: West Suffolk

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Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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