16 Mere View The Street Great Livermere Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 1JU Data via plota.co.uk

DC/26/0166/HH - Householder Application Approved
Extensions & alterations

Proposal

Householder planning application - a. single storey front porch extension b. single storey rear extension Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
3 Feb 2026
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Validated
25 Feb 2026
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Consultation
25 Feb 2026
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Approved
28 May 2026

Approved on 28 May 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 7 Jul 2026

Documents 4

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF OFFICER REPORT Officer Report · 28 May 2026 View ↗ PDF DECISION - APPROVE HOUSEHOLDER Decision Notice · 28 May 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM Application Form · 4 Feb 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF PARISH COUNCIL - COMMENTS Consultation Response · 24 Mar 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 3

Agricultural land, grade 2
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Conservation area about 21 m away: Great Livermere
The edge of the area; work outside it can still affect its setting.
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
4 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin.
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.

Sales history 3

Last sold for £227,000 in June 2019. Semi-detached house, freehold.

14 June 2019£227,000
29 May 2007£190,000
27 July 2004£153,900

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area85 m² (915 sq ft)
Energy ratingE (45 out of 100), could reach D
PropertySemi-detached house, 6 habitable rooms
Built1950 to 1966
HeatingBoiler and radiators, electric
WallsCavity wall, filled cavity

From the energy performance certificate lodged in February 2019, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
West Suffolk
Application type
Householder Application
Postcode
IP31 1JU
Received
3 Feb 2026
Validated
25 Feb 2026
Ward
Pakenham & Troston
Parish
Great Livermere
Case officer
Show
Target decision
24 Apr 2026
Decision
Approve application
Decision date
28 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
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How this decision compares

Decided in 92 days from validation, 36 days slower than West Suffolk's median of 56 for extensions. Approved, as 95% of extensions here are.

57%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
405decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
25 Feb 2026
Comments by
20 May 2026
Site or press notice
12 Mar 2026
Statutory expiry
24 Apr 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

14 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.