39 High Street Lakenheath Suffolk IP27 9DS
Approved on 30 May 2024
Council decision: Approve applicationDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Householder planning application - a. part single storey and two storey rear extension following removal of existing kitchen and attached garage outbuilding b. detached domestic cart lodge garage and workshop
- Received
- 11 December 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- West Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Lakenheath
- Agent
- John Stebbing Architects Ltd
- ReceivedReceived11 Dec
- ValidatedValidated11 Dec
- Consult.Consultation8 May
- TargetTarget Date8 Feb
- DecidedDecided30 May
Decided in 171 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a two storey rear extension at 39 High Street Lakenheath Suffolk IP27 9DS. West Suffolk has handled 2,535 applications of this type. This one was decided in 171 days, 16 weeks longer than West Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Lakenheath conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across Lakenheath. We hold 151 applications in total for the IP27 postcode area.
94% of full 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
- Postcode
- IP27 9DS
- Application type
- Householder Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Lakenheath
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 11 December 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 8 May 2024
- Consultation start
- 23 April 2024
- Consultation end
- 8 May 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 11 January 2024
- Target decision date
- 8 February 2024
- Committee meeting
- 30 January 2024
- Permission expires
- 30 May 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- John Stebbing Architects Ltd
- Architect profile
- JOHN STEBBING ARCHITECTS LIMITED
- Agent address
- John Stebbing Architects Ltd Unit 2B Barton Road Trading Estate Barton Road Bury St Edmunds IP32 7BE
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 59 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 29 December 2023
- Advertisement expiry
- 20 January 2024
- Site notice start
- 20 December 2023
- Site notice end
- 13 January 2024
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12660042
- Documents
- 26
- Constraints
- 53
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Lakenheath
- 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 (21)
flood storage 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.
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Source: West Suffolk
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