National Grid Yaxley 400kV Substation Leys Lane Yaxley Eye Suffolk IP23 8DX

DC/26/01413Discharge of RequirementAwaiting decision

Discharge / amendments

Proposal

The Progress Power (Gas Fired Power Station) Order 2015: Application pursuant to requirement 16(2) to amend working hours to include Saturday - Sunday (07:00 - 19:00) from 01st May 2026 to 30th April 2027 (Weekend extended hours)

Received: 26 March 2026
Decision due: 8 April 2026
Council: Babergh District Council
Ward: Palgrave

ReceivedReceived26 Mar
ValidatedValidated1 Apr
Consult.Consultation22 Apr
TargetTarget Date8 Apr
DecidedDecided

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About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at National Grid Yaxley 400kV Substation Leys Lane Yaxley Eye Suffolk IP23 8DX. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 2,320 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 26 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 65 applications across Palgrave. We hold 1,281 applications in total for the IP23 postcode area.

95% of conditions applications at Babergh District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: IP23 8DX
Application type: Discharge of Requirement
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Yaxley

Planning application dates

Date validated: 1 April 2026
Consultation expiry: 22 April 2026
Consultation start: 1 April 2026
Consultation end: 22 April 2026
Last date for comments: 22 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period: 7 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 1
Constraints: 3

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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