The Old Workshop 9 Cuckoo Hill Bures St Mary Bures Suffolk CO8 5JH Data via plota.co.uk

DC/26/01988 - Full Planning Application Approved

Proposal

Full Planning Application - Erection of cartlodge style storage building in relation to existing garden furniture business. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
11 May 2026
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Validated
12 May 2026
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Consultation
30 Jun 2026
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Approved
9 Jul 2026

Approved on 9 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 11 Jul 2026

Site constraints 6

Bures St Mary 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 ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
4 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: White Horse House, Grade II, about 43 m from the postcode pin · 4 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. 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 ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Bures built-up area; Priority habitat about 22 m away: Good quality semi improved grassland; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. 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
Full Planning Application
Postcode
CO8 5JH
Received
11 May 2026
Validated
12 May 2026
Ward
Bures St Mary & Nayland
Parish
Bures St Mary
Case officer
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Target decision
7 Jul 2026
Decision
Granted
Decision date
9 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Nick Peasland Architectural Services Limited

How this decision compares

Decided in 58 days from validation, 6 days faster than Babergh Mid Suffolk's median of 64 for commercial and major works. Approved, as 92% of commercial and major works here are.

43%decided within 8 weeks
92%approved
5%go to committee

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Babergh Mid Suffolk in the last twelve months, from validation. Babergh Mid Suffolk decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14924270
Planning Portal ref
PP-14924270
Neighbours
14 May 2026
Consultation
30 Jun 2026
Comments by
8 Jul 2026
Site or press notice
22 May 2026
Statutory expiry
7 Jul 2026
Env. assessment
No
Babergh Mid Suffolk
Planning Authority Score
7.7/10
Good
#33 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Babergh Mid Suffolk is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #56 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Babergh Mid Suffolk decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
89%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #124 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #68 of 296
77%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #56 of 296
34%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #83 of 296
74%
Minor dwellings approved
160 decided (1-9 homes)
73%
Major dwellings approved
11 decided (10+ homes)
93%
Change of use approved
40 decided
882
Total decisions
99 refused in the year to March 2026