Hale House 152 Westley Road Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 3SD Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Householder planning application - a. one and a half storey extension to side elevation b. four bay garage Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 4 Dec 2025 · Committee · Last checked 15 Oct 2026
Planning committee
Decided by West Suffolk Development Control Committee on 3 Dec 2025.
Approved
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised approval because the amended design, site levels and generous curtilage were not considered to cause significant harm.
- The neighbouring occupants and ward councillors raised concerns about scale, light, privacy, noise, trees and construction disturbance.
- The committee voted 8 to 2, with 1 abstention, and granted permission with conditions including controls on external lighting.
Source: Plota analysis of West Suffolk's committee minutes of 3 Dec 2025.
Documents 9
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 1
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 4
Other documents 1
Site constraints 1
Checked on 1 November 2026. 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 £1,650,000 in August 2024. Detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in December 2017, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- West Suffolk
- Application type
- Householder Application
- Postcode
- IP33 3SD
- Received
- 28 Jul 2025
- Validated
- 30 Jul 2025
- Ward
- Minden
- Parish
- Bury St Edmunds Town Council
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 5 Dec 2025
- Decision
- Approve application
- Decision date
- 4 Dec 2025
- Decision level
- Committee
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Fabric First Architects
How this decision compares
Decided in 127 days from validation, 71 days slower than West Suffolk's median of 56 for householder applications. Approved, as 97% of householder applications here are.
Plota live figures for householder applications decided by West Suffolk in the last twelve months, from validation. West Suffolk decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
13 neighbours consulted · Last counted 15 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14179534
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14179534
- Consultation
- 31 Jul 2025
- Comments by
- 14 Oct 2025
- Site or press notice
- 13 Aug 2025
- Committee
- 3 Dec 2025
- Statutory expiry
- 25 Sept 2025
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
29 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.
Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use
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.
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