Beech Hall Bury Road Depden Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP29 4BU Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Planning application - change of use of outbuilding from ancillary residential (Use Class C3) to a fitness studio (Use Class E) Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 26 Feb 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 7 Jul 2026
Documents 10
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 1
Application forms 1
Site constraints 2
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 2
Last sold for £800,000 in February 2014. Detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
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Householder planning application - single storey detached outbuilding
Important details
- Council
- West Suffolk
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Postcode
- IP29 4BU
- Received
- 20 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 20 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Chedburgh And Chevington
- Parish
- Depden
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 17 Mar 2026
- Decision
- Approve application
- Decision date
- 26 Feb 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Phase 2 Planning
How this decision compares
Decided in 37 days from validation, 20 days faster than West Suffolk's median of 57 for changes of use. Approved, as 92% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by West Suffolk in the last twelve months, from validation. West Suffolk decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14617058
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14617058
- Consultation
- 21 Jan 2026
- Comments by
- 20 Feb 2026
- Site or press notice
- 23 Jan 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 17 Mar 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%).
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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