West Suffolk Hospital Hardwick Lane Bury St Edmunds Suffolk Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Reserved Matters Application - Submission of details under - the means of appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for new hospital (Class C2), including car parking, associated infrastructure, structural landscape buffer, temporary construction compound and demolition of existing hospital buildings Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Under consideration
No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 5 Nov 2026; it is now day 196.
Documents 17
Statements & assessments 7
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 8
Other documents 1
Associated applications 9
Site constraints 2
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Important details
- Council
- West Suffolk
- Application type
- Reserved Matters Approval
- Postcode
- IP33 2QZ
- Received
- 23 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 23 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Southgate
- Parish
- Bury St Edmunds Town Council
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 23 Jul 2026
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Newsteer
- Freehold owner
- Show
Decision outlook
Day 196, past the statutory target. 61% of commercial and major works in West Suffolk are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 3 Nov 2026.
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Public comments
No public comments yet.
116 neighbours consulted · Last counted 3 Nov 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14838895
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14838895
- Consultation
- 30 Apr 2026
- Comments by
- 2 Jun 2026
- Site or press notice
- 8 May 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 23 Jul 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%).
Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.
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Council archive
Land At Hardwick Manor Hardwick Lane Bury St Edmunds IP33 2RD Suffolk
Hybrid planning application - a. outline application (means of access to be considered) for a new hospital (use class C2) of up to 100,000 square metres and surface and multistorey car park with associated infrastructure, structural landscape buffer, temporary construction compound and demolition of existing hospital buildings. b. full planning application - change of use of Hardwick Manor from a single residential dwelling (use class C3) to health related uses associated with the new hospital (use class C2) as…
- Received
- 4 Apr 2022
- Decided
- 3 May 2023
- Outcome
- Approved

The consultation period closed on 2 Jun 2026.