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Sizewell A Sizewell Power Station Sizewell Power Station Road Sizewell Leiston Suffolk IP16 4EU

DC/24/1448/FULFull ApplicationPermitted
Full

Proposal

Steel container being sited on a new concrete base in an area that a previous steel container has been located. The container will be supplied with power and fire detection.

Received
18 April 2024
Decided
26 June 2024 · Application Permitted
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Aldeburgh And Leiston
  1. Received18 Apr
  2. Validated18 Apr
  3. Consult.13 Jun
  4. Target13 Jun
  5. Decided26 Jun

Decided in 69 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in East Suffolk92% of full applications approved

This is a full planning application at Sizewell A Sizewell Power Station Sizewell Power Station Road Sizewell Leiston Suffolk IP16 4EU. East Suffolk has handled 5,489 applications of this type and approves 90% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. This one was decided in 69 days, 13 days longer than East Suffolk's median. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 106 applications across Aldeburgh And Leiston. We hold 109 applications in total for the IP16 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
DC/24/1448/FUL
Address
Sizewell A Sizewell Power Station Sizewell Power Station Road Sizewell Leiston Suffolk IP16 4EU
Postcode
IP16 4EU
Local Authority
East Suffolk
Application Type
Full Application
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Permitted
Ward
Aldeburgh And Leiston
Parish
Leiston Cum Sizewell

Applicant & Agent

Agent
Magnox
Agent Address
Sizewell A Power Station Sizewell Nr Leiston Suffolk IP16 4UE

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
18 April 2024
Target Decision Date
13 June 2024
Date Decided
26 June 2024
Date Validated
18 April 2024
Date Submitted
18 April 2024
Last Date for Comments
13 June 2024
Permission Expires
26 June 2027

Planning Decision

Decision
Application Permitted
Decided By
Delegated Decision
Statutory Period
56 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Comments
3
Documents
10
Coordinates
52.212376, 1.618382
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: East Suffolk

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Planning constraints

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

  • National Landscape (AONB): Suffolk Coast & Heaths
  • Heritage coast: Suffolk
  • 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 (20)

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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves 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 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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