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Raf Lakenheath Brandon Road Lakenheath Brandon Suffolk IP27 9PR

DC/24/0953/EIASCREIA - ScreeningApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 6 November 2024

Council decision: EIA not requiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

EIA screening opinion under Regulation 6 (2) of the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations 2017 (as amended) on the matter of whether or not it is considered that there are likely significant environmental impacts from the proposed development for which an environmental statement would be required - on the matter of Development as per table 3-1 of submitted EIA Screening report for 33 projects at RAF Lakenheath, Brandon, Suffolk comprising a package of upgrade works from 2024 to 2030

Received
5 July 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Lakenheath
  1. Received5 Jul
  2. Validated5 Jul
  3. Consult.25 Jul
  4. Target26 Jul
  5. Decided6 Nov

Decided in 124 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Raf Lakenheath Brandon Road Lakenheath Brandon Suffolk IP27 9PR. West Suffolk has handled 399 applications of this type. This one was decided in 124 days, 10 weeks longer than West Suffolk's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications 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.

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

Postcode
IP27 9PR
Application type
EIA - Screening
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Eriswell Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 July 2024
Consultation expiry
25 July 2024
Consultation start
11 July 2024
Consultation end
25 July 2024
Target decision date
26 July 2024
Permission expires
6 November 2029

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Documents
23
Constraints
55

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.

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