Planning application
St Benedicts Lower School St Andrews Street South Bury St Edmunds Suffolk
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Planning application - Variation of condition 2 of DC/21/2312/FUL (allowed at appeal) (Planning application - Change of use from school site to public access car park for 269 cars with new vehicular access and exit from Parkway (RSA and additional information submitted 1/3/23) (Further information and Amended plans submitted 15/1/24) - to enable for the use of amended plans
As published by the council, reference DC/25/1635/VAR
Application record
- Reference
- DC/25/1635/VAR
- Category
- Amendments
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approve application
- Received
- 17 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 17 Oct 2025
- Decided
- 11 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Abbeygate
- Parish
- Bury St Edmunds Town Council
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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17 Oct 2025
Received by West Suffolk
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24 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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28 Aug 2026
Status changed to Pending Decision
Previously Pending Consideration.
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11 Sep 2026
Decision issued: Approve application
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11 Sep 2026
Status changed to Decided
Previously Pending Decision.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Application: DC/21/2312/FUL (Decided)
- Buildingcontrol: BC/21/0660/DOMIN (Building Work Complete)
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Phil Cobbold Planning Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Felixstowe
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
33 documents on file for this application
- OFFICER REPORT
- DECISION NOTICE
- TOWN COUNCIL - COMMENTS
- HIGHWAYS - COMMENTS
- APPLICANT RESPONSE TO SCC COMMENTS
- HIGHWAYS - COMMENTS
- LANDSCAPE OFFICER - COMMENTS
- ECOLOGY OFFICER - COMMENTS
- AIA
- AMENDED - SITE ACCESS AND VISIBILITY
- AMENDED - SWEPT PATH
- AMENDED - SITE ACCESS AND VISIBILITY
- AMENDED - ROAD SAFETY AUDIT
- COVERING LETTER - PLACE SERVICES COMMENTS
- TREE SURVEY, ARBORICULTURAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT ARBORICULTURAL METHOD STATEMENT & TREE PROTECTION PLAN
- ROAD SAFETY AUDIT
- AMENDED - SITE ACCESS DRAWING
- AMENDED - VEHICLE SWEPT PATH
- AMENDED - FORWARD VISIBILITY
- PLACE SERVICES, ECOLOGY - COMMENTS
- HIGHWAYS - COMMENTS
- CONSERVATION OFFICER - COMMENTS
- FLAT 29 PARKWAY HOUSE - COMMENTS
- CONTAMINATED LAND AND AIR QUALITY - COMMENTS
- PLACE SERVICES, LANDSCAPE - COMMENTS
- TOWN COUNCIL - COMMENTS
- PRIVATE SECTOR HOUSING AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH - COMMENTS
- 12 CASTLE ROAD - COMMENTS
- 11 OLD CONVENT ORCHARD - COMMENTS
- SCC RIGHTS OF WAY - COMMENTS
- APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA
- COVERING LETTER
- SUPERSEDED - SITE ACCESS PLAN
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
West Suffolk granted permission on 11 September 2026, 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 amendment applications
An amendment application makes limited changes to a permission that already exists; anything beyond modest adjustment needs a fresh application. More in our guide to planning application types.
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