Proposed Sizewell C Sizewell Power Station Road Sizewell Leiston Suffolk

DC/24/4242/DRRDischarge of Requirements (56 days)Approved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 6 February 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Discharge of Requirement 5 (Project wide: Surface and Foul Water Drainage) Partial discharge for Earthworks Phase 4, MCA (Zones 1 & 2), TCA (Temporary Offices - HAZ 14) and WMZ1 of Sizewell C Development Consent Order

Received: 25 November 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 5
Council: East Suffolk Council
Ward: Aldeburgh And Leiston

ReceivedReceived25 Nov
ValidatedValidated28 Nov
Consult.Consultation19 Dec
TargetTarget Date23 Jan
DecidedDecided6 Feb

Decided in 70 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Proposed Sizewell C Sizewell Power Station Road Sizewell Leiston Suffolk. East Suffolk has handled 1,341 applications of this type. This one was decided in 73 days, 2 weeks longer than East Suffolk's typical decision time. There have been 10 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 110 applications across Aldeburgh And Leiston.

99% of conditions applications at East Suffolk Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type: Discharge of Requirements (56 days)
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Leiston Cum Sizewell

Planning application dates

Date validated: 28 November 2024
Last date for comments: 19 December 2024
Target decision date: 23 January 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 10

Site constraints

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
National Landscape (AONB): Suffolk Coast & Heaths

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 (21)

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, 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.

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