Unit 8 Swan Lane Business Park Swan Lane Exning Newmarket Suffolk CB8 7FN

DC/24/0450/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 29 August 2025

Council decision: Approve applicationPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Planning application - change of use of building from office (Class E(g)(i)) to office and public worship (sui generis)

Received: 28 March 2024
Decision level: Planning committee
Council: West Suffolk Council
Ward: Exning

ReceivedReceived28 Mar
ValidatedValidated24 Apr
Consult.Consultation6 Aug
TargetTarget Date21 Jun
DecidedDecided29 Aug

Decided in 492 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Unit 8 Swan Lane Business Park Swan Lane Exning Newmarket Suffolk CB8 7FN. West Suffolk has handled 2,535 applications of this type. This one was decided in 519 days, 66 weeks longer than West Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Exning conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Exning. We hold 1,572 applications in total for the CB8 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: CB8 7FN
Application type: Full Planning Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Exning

Planning application dates

Date validated: 24 April 2024
Consultation expiry: 6 August 2025
Consultation start: 16 July 2025
Consultation end: 6 August 2025
Neighbour consultation end: 6 August 2025
Target decision date: 21 June 2024
Committee meeting: 6 August 2025
Permission expires: 29 August 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent: Cheffins
Agent address: Cheffins Clifton House 1-2 Clifton Road Cambridge CB1 7EA

Planning decision

Statutory period: 58 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 3 May 2024
Advertisement expiry: 25 May 2024
Site notice start: 14 May 2024
Site notice end: 5 June 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12698122
Documents: 21
Constraints: 19

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Conservation area: Exning

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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5 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: West Suffolk

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