Planning application
12 Guildhall Street Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 1PR
Works: Extension Several homes
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
Planning application - a. change of use and conversion of existing mixed use building to five dwellings and ground floor office space b. single storey rear extension
As published by the council, reference DC/25/1729/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- DC/25/1729/FUL
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approve application
- Received
- 3 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 24 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 22 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Abbeygate
- Parish
- Bury St Edmunds Town Council
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- IP33 1PR
Site history
Applications at this address on the West Suffolk register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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DC/26/0870/VAR Granted
12 Guildhall Street Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 1PR
Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) of DC/25/1729/FUL to allow amended plans for a. change of use and conversion of existing mixed use building to five dwellings and ground floor office space b. single storey rear extension
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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3 Nov 2025
Received by West Suffolk
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24 Nov 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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22 Jan 2026
Decision issued: Approve application
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24 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
1 later application on the register refers to this one:
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DC/26/0870/VAR Granted
12 Guildhall Street Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 1PR
Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) of DC/25/1729/FUL to allow amended plans for a. change of use and conversion of existing mixed use building to five dwellings and ground floor office space b. single storey rear extension
- Buildingcontrol: BC/26/0096/NDMIN (Initial Notice Accepted)
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
29 documents on file for this application
- OFFICER REPORT
- DECISION NOTICE
- 9 POPPY CLOSE - COMMENTS
- PRIVATE SECTOR HOUSING AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
- BURY ST EDMUNDS TOWN COUNCIL COMMENTS
- 8 HATTER STREET - COMMENTS
- WATER OFFICER COMMENTS
- LAND CONTAMINATION COMMENTS
- CHURCHGATE AREA ASSOCIATION - COMMENTS
- 12 GUILDHALL STRREET - COMMENTS
- 35 GUILDHALL STREET - COMMENTS
- 66 GUILDHALL STREET - COMMENTS
- LOCATION AND BLOCK PLANS
- LAND CONTAMINATION ASSESSMENT
- LAND CONTAMINATION QUESTIONNAIRE
- PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- PHOTO 1
- PHOTO 3
- APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA
- TECHNICAL INFORMATION - CYCLE STORAGE
- EXISTING BASEMENT FLOOR PLAN
- EXISTING GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- EXISTING FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR PLANS
- EXISTING ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED BASEMENT FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR PLANS
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS
- 3D VIEWS
- DESIGN,ACCESS AND HERITAGE STATEMENT
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
West Suffolk granted permission on 22 January 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.
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