Land Adj To Hornbeam Lodge Whitegate Farm Skeltons Drove Beck Row Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP28 8DN

1. 23 Feb 2026

   Received by West Suffolk

2. 16 Mar 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 24 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 11 May 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

   West Suffolk took a median of 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

This application is with West Suffolk for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year West Suffolk decided full applications in a median of 83 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go, with siting, design, access and landscaping all fixed at this stage. More in our guide to planning application types.

• Land West Of Skelton's Drove Beck Row Suffolk

  DC/22/0648/FUL Submitted 8 Apr 2022 139m away

  Planning application - a. change of use of the land for provision of 18 pitches for Gyspy / Traveller residential use; b. 18 dayroom buildings, with hardstanding for the siting of one static and one touring caravan on each pitch; c. vehicular access and associated parking; d. hard and soft landscaping scheme

  Granted Full applications 46 docs

• 2 Willow Park Beck Row Suffolk IP28 8UJ

  DC/17/0721/FUL Submitted 6 Apr 2017 332m away

  Planning Application - 1no. dwelling (following removal of Park Home)

  Granted Full applications 14 docs
  Domestic

• Land North Of Lodge Farm Skeltons Drove Beck Row Suffolk

  DC/16/1758/FUL Submitted 10 Aug 2016 495m away

  Planning Application - Change of use of land to provide 10 pitches for traveller families (each pitch to include 1 mobile home, 1 travelling van and 1 day room)

  Granted Full applications 56 docs

• DC/26/0940/FUL Granted

  Haulage Depot Bury Road Stanton Suffolk IP31 2BZ

  Planning application - a. conversion of existing garage to office space b. installation of electric vehicle charger to front of garage c. single storey side extension to existing garage

  Received 19 Jun, published by the council 24 Jul 2026 Full applications
• DC/26/0603/FUL Granted

  11 Northgate Street Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 1HQ

  Planning application - change of use from a hostel (sui generis) to a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) (sui generis)

  Received 16 Apr, published by the council 24 Jul 2026 Full applications
• DC/26/0310/FUL Granted

  Ghent Cottage Low Street Bardwell Suffolk IP31 1AS

  Planning application - replacement dwelling (following demolition of remains of existing dwelling destroyed by fire)

  Received 26 Feb, published by the council 24 Jul 2026 Full applications
• DC/26/0839/FUL Granted

  Hall Farm Church Lane Freckenham Suffolk IP28 8JF

  Planning application - subdivision of land and conversion of cartlodge to form a self build two bedroom dwelling, including reconfiguration of parking and access arrangements and associated external works

  Received 31 May, published by the council 24 Jul 2026 Full applications
• DC/26/1046/FUL Granted

  High Elms Farm Elms Road Cowlinge Suffolk CB8 9HT

  Planning application - a. replace industrial roller shutter door with glazed sliding doors b. install pedestrian access door

  Received 11 Jul, published by the council 24 Jul 2026 Full applications