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Reservoir Summerpit Farm Bury Road Elveden Suffolk

DC/23/1554/EIASCREIA - ScreeningApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 12 October 2023

Council decision: EIA requiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

EIA screening opinion under Regulation 6 (1) of the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations 2017 on the matter of whether or not the proposed development is considered that there are likely significant environmental impacts for which an environmental statement would be required - reservoir on Elveden Estate

Received
19 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Lakenheath
  1. Received19 Sep
  2. Validated19 Sep
  3. Consult.6 Oct
  4. Target10 Oct
  5. Decided12 Oct

Decided in 23 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Reservoir Summerpit Farm Bury Road Elveden Suffolk. West Suffolk has handled 399 applications of this type. This one was decided in 23 days, 5 weeks quicker than West Suffolk's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across Lakenheath.

82% of outline applications at West 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
EIA - Screening
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Elveden

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 September 2023
Consultation expiry
6 October 2023
Consultation start
22 September 2023
Consultation end
6 October 2023
Target decision date
10 October 2023
Permission expires
12 October 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Documents
9
Constraints
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

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

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© 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.

© 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.

Source: West Suffolk

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