The Barley Croft Elms Road Freckenham Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP28 8JG Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Householder planning application - a. replace existing garage door with two windows to create habitable space b. detached outbuilding c. retention of dormer to west elevation Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 17 Apr 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 7 Jul 2026
Documents 6
Decision & officer reports 2
Application forms 1
Site constraints 7
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, the Planning Inspectorate, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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 1
Last sold for £235,000 in December 2020. Detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
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Important details
- Council
- West Suffolk
- Application type
- Householder Application
- Postcode
- IP28 8JG
- Received
- 21 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 21 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Manor
- Parish
- Freckenham
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 18 Mar 2026
- Decision
- Approve application
- Decision date
- 17 Apr 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- 2 The Drawing Board
How this decision compares
Decided in 86 days from validation, 30 days slower than West Suffolk's median of 56 for extensions. Approved, as 95% of extensions here are.
Plota live figures for extensions decided by West Suffolk in the last twelve months, from validation. West Suffolk decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14633888
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14633888
- Consultation
- 23 Mar 2026
- Comments by
- 16 Apr 2026
- Site or press notice
- 23 Mar 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 18 Mar 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
28 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
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%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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