18 Highfields Lakenheath Suffolk IP27 9EA
Approved on 8 August 2024
Council decision: Approve applicationDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Householder planning application - a. front porch b. pitched roof over garage c. rendering d. changes to fenestration e. extend roof edge at front and rear to create overhang
- Received
- 21 June 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- West Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Lakenheath
- Agent
- JDH Building Design
- ReceivedReceived21 Jun
- ValidatedValidated21 Jun
- Consult.Consultation30 Jul
- TargetTarget Date16 Aug
- DecidedDecided8 Aug
Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a porch at 18 Highfields Lakenheath Suffolk IP27 9EA. West Suffolk has handled 2,535 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days quicker than West Suffolk's typical decision time. 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 9EA
- Application type
- Householder Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Lakenheath
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 21 June 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 31 July 2024
- Consultation start
- 9 July 2024
- Consultation end
- 30 July 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 30 July 2024
- Target decision date
- 16 August 2024
- Permission expires
- 8 August 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- JDH Building Design
- Agent address
- 2 South Road, Lakenheath Lakenheath Brandon IP27 9AT
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 10 July 2024
- Site notice end
- 31 July 2024
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13171972
- Documents
- 11
- Constraints
- 14
Site constraints
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.
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Source: West Suffolk
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