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Planning appeals in West Suffolk

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Appeals the Planning Inspectorate has decided in West Suffolk since 2016, refreshed nightly. A decision the Inspectorate published without naming the authority in a form we can match is listed under its own address instead. Type a topic into the free search to read how Inspectors have reasoned here.

The Planning Inspectorate has decided 295 planning appeals in West Suffolk since 2019, of which 26% were allowed. In the last twelve months there were 40 decisions, 25% allowed. The median time from receipt of an appeal to its decision is 27 weeks. Figures as at 30 October 2026, from the Inspectorate's published decisions.

305

appeals on record since 2019

26%

of decided appeals allowed

27 wks

median receipt to decision

decisions in the last 12 months, 25% allowed

By appeal type

Householder60 decided

25% allowed

Minor196 decided

26% allowed

Major15 decided

33% allowed

Commercial8 decided

25% allowed

Enforcement8 decided

13% allowed

Other15 decided

20% allowed

Not classified3 decided

33% allowed

By procedure

Written representations285 decided

22% allowed

Hearings15 decided

53% allowed

Inquiries5 decided

100% allowed

Every decision, by year

2026 · 33 · 24% allowed 2025 · 48 · 34% allowed 2024 · 30 · 23% allowed 2023 · 55 · 26% allowed 2022 · 53 · 23% allowed 2021 · 45 · 20% allowed 2020 · 34 · 30% allowed 2019 · 7 · 29% allowed

Latest decisions in West Suffolk

Dismissed27 October 20266010190
103 Westward Deals, Kedington, CB9 7PL
create vehicular access
Dismissed15 October 2026· householder6009314
Deraleen, Baileypool Road, Packenham, IP31 2LX
a. one-and-a-half storey front extension b. raising of ground level at front of property to create level access c. single storey side infill extension d. single storey rear extension e. creation of first-floor habitable space including Juliet balcony, rear dormer window and rear rooflights f. raise roof of garage to create first-floor office including external staircase and installation of 16 solar panels g. changes to existing fenestration and wall materials, flint patches inserted into the brick walls” without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref DC/24/1308/HH dated 9 January 2025
Dismissed2 October 2026· minor6009854
Green Farm, Lower Green, Stoke By Clare, CO10 8HN
change of use from agricultural building to create four dwellings
Dismissed6 August 2026· minor6006691
Walnut Tree Barn, Thetford Road, Barnham, IP24 2PA
described in the application form as ‘change of use of a converted barn currently in use as a holiday let under Use Class C1, to permanent residential dwelling under Use Class C3
Dismissed5 August 2026· major6008642
Stagwood, Thetford Road, Brandon, IP270TW
to determine if prior approval is required for the formation of a new road for agricultural or forestry use, which the appellants describe on their appeal form as the ‘installation of some private internal tracks to subdivide a large agricultural field for the purposes of better agricultural management
Dismissed14 July 2026· minor6006594
The Bull, High Street, Cavendish, CO10 8AX
Change of use from public house (sui generis) to one dwelling (Class C3)
Allowed9 July 2026· minor3372100
Barn , Church Lane, Worlington, Suffolk, IP28 8SG
Prior approval application under part 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment and Consequential Provisions) (England) Order 2015 - change of use from agricultural building to create one dwelling
Dismissed7 July 2026· minor6007491
Sparks Farm, Hurdle Drove, West Row, IP28 8RF
the conversion of an existing agricultural building located north east of Hurdle Drove, West Road, into 4 no. dwellings
Dismissed2 July 20266006355
Laurel Farm, Sandy Drove, Lakenheath, IP27 9GT
farm workers self-build dwelling
Allowed29 June 20266007055
All Saints Hotel, The Street, Fornham St Genevieve, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6JQ
Planning application - variation of condition 2 (approved plans) of DC/21/1142/FUL (allowed on appeal) to allow alternative lodges without complying with 1 condition attached to planning permission Ref DC/23/0622, dated 19 June 2023
Allowed17 June 2026· minor6005559
Land Opposite 'Mandarin' and Adj to South View, Wilde St, Beck Row, Mildenhall, IP28 8BL
2 new dwellings to be developed as 2 new dwellings to be developed as Custom Build Plots
Allowed17 June 2026· minor6004217
The Coal Yard, Wilde Street, Beck Row, IP28 8BL
outline planning permission for the erection of 3 dwellings, all matters reserved except for access
Allowed15 June 2026· minor6005556
Land Between 'Larks Place', And 'Dayspring' Wilde St, Beck Row, Mildenhall, IP28 8BP
2 new dwellings to be developed as Custom Build Plots
Dismissed12 June 2026· advert6006623
89 Guildhall Street, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1PR
new signage to the front elevation, signage over boarding to door and new projecting sign
Dismissed10 June 2026· minor6005880
Aldersfield Place Farmhouse, Ashfield Green, Wickhambrook, CB8 8UZ
the conversion of a storage barn (Use Class B8) to form 2 no. dwellings (Use Class C3)

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are computed from decisions the Planning Inspectorate has published for this authority area and refresh with the record; decisions without a published letter or a recorded authority may be missing. This page is research, not advice. Verify against the Inspectorate’s own record before relying on a decision. What is in the record.