Planning application
42 Birkdale Court Fornham St Martin Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP28 6XF
Works: Extension Small domestic
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Application for lawful development certificate for proposed use or development - single storey rear extension
As published by the council, reference DC/25/1371/CLP
Application record
- Reference
- DC/25/1371/CLP
- Type
- Certificate of Lawful Proposed Use/Dev
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Approve application
- Received
- 1 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 2 Sep 2025
- Decided
- 27 Oct 2025
- Ward
- The Fornhams And Great Barton
- Parish
- Fornham St. Martin Cum St.Genevieve
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- IP28 6XF
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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1 Sep 2025
Received by West Suffolk
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2 Sep 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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27 Oct 2025
Decision issued: Approve application
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9 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
4 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
West Suffolk granted permission on 27 October 2025, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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