14 Prospect Row Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 3DG Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Application for advertisement consent - 35 projecting signs Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 5 Jun 2026 · Committee · Last checked 6 Jul 2026
Planning committee
Decided by West Suffolk Development Control Committee on 3 Jun 2026.
Refused unanimously
Against officer advice: officers had recommended approval.
- Officers advised approval because the signs were modest, safe and respectful of the Arc’s character.
- The town council, a ward councillor and local representations opposed the signs as poorly designed, unnecessary and visually cluttering.
- Members unanimously refused the application because it breached Policy LP9 and created visual clutter conflicting with the Arc’s original design.
Source: Plota analysis of West Suffolk's committee minutes of 3 Jun 2026.
Documents 9
Decision & officer reports 2
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 4
Other documents 1
Site constraints 2
Show all 3 with distances
- 46 m2, Kings RoadGrade II
- 51 m1, Kings RoadGrade II
- 71 mLinden HouseGrade II
Checked on 11 September 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
- Council
- West Suffolk
- Application type
- Adverts - Application to Display
- Postcode
- IP33 3DG
- Received
- 11 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 25 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Abbeygate
- Parish
- Bury St Edmunds Town Council
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 22 Apr 2026
- Decision
- Refuse application
- Decision date
- 5 Jun 2026
- Decision level
- Committee
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Hudson Sign Solutions Ltd
How this decision compares
Decided in 100 days from validation, 38 days slower than West Suffolk's median of 62 for signs and adverts. Refused, as 7% of signs and adverts here are.
Plota live figures for signs and adverts decided by West Suffolk in the last twelve months, from validation. West Suffolk decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14696165
- Consultation
- 25 Feb 2026
- Comments by
- 23 Mar 2026
- Site or press notice
- 25 Feb 2026
- Committee
- 3 Jun 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
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%).
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