Ancient House 33A Eastgate Street Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 1YQ Data via plota.co.uk

DC/26/0741/LB - LB Consent to alter/extend Approved

Proposal

Application for listed building consent - remove existing pamment tiles on ground floor hallway and replace with natural limestone flagstones Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
12 May 2026
Consultation
26 Aug 2026
Approved
10 Sept 2026

Approved on 10 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 11 Sept 2026

Site constraints 7

Grade II* listed: Ancient House Oak House
List entry 1343595 · 0 m from the pin · 13 more listed buildings within 150 m (13 Grade II)
Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Bury St Edmunds Town Centre conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Also on the record
Scheduled monument 189 m away: Bury St Edmund's Abbey: including the monks' cemetery and outer precinct and vineyard walls; Local nature reserve 385 m away: Moreton Hall Community Woods; SSSI 441 m away: The Glen Chalk Caves, Bury St Edmunds SSSI; Inside the Bury St Edmunds built-up area; Priority habitat 42 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Application type
LB Consent to alter/extend
Postcode
IP33 1YQ
Received
12 May 2026
Validated
12 May 2026
Ward
Eastgate
Parish
Bury St Edmunds Town Council
Case officer
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Target decision
11 Sept 2026
Decision
Approve application
Decision date
10 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
Whitworth

How this decision compares

Decided in 121 days from validation, 63 days slower than West Suffolk's median of 58 for listed building works. Approved, as 98% of listed building works here are.

40%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
74decided in the last year

Plota live figures for listed building works decided by West Suffolk in the last twelve months, from validation. West Suffolk decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

4 neighbours consulted · Last counted 11 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14830197
Consultation
26 Aug 2026
Comments by
10 Sept 2026
Site or press notice
22 May 2026
Statutory expiry
8 Jul 2026
Env. assessment
No
West Suffolk
Planning Authority Score
4.3/10
Below average
#186 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

West Suffolk is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #208 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
West Suffolk decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
91%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #104 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #95 of 296
56%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #208 of 296
46%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #204 of 296
64%
Minor dwellings approved
96 decided (1-9 homes)
90%
Major dwellings approved
10 decided (10+ homes)
84%
Change of use approved
51 decided
1,018
Total decisions
91 refused in the year to March 2026