Plot 20 Flint Way Lakenheath Suffolk
Refused on 28 February 2025
Council decision: Refuse applicationDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Planning application - one dwelling and detached garage
- Received
- 8 August 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- West Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Lakenheath
- Agent
- George Laurel & Partners
- ReceivedReceived8 Aug
- ValidatedValidated16 Aug
- Consult.Consultation9 Jan
- TargetTarget Date12 Oct
- DecidedDecided28 Feb
Decided in 196 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a garage at Plot 20 Flint Way Lakenheath Suffolk. West Suffolk has handled 2,535 applications of this type. This one was decided in 204 days, 21 weeks longer than West Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Lakenheath conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across Lakenheath.
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
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Lakenheath
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 August 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 9 January 2025
- Consultation start
- 16 December 2024
- Consultation end
- 9 January 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 26 September 2024
- Target decision date
- 12 October 2024
- Committee meeting
- 8 October 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- George Laurel & Partners
- Agent address
- George Laurel & Partners Unit 4 Northfield Road Business Park Northfield Road SOHAM CB7 5UE
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 57 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 30 August 2024
- Advertisement expiry
- 20 September 2024
- Site notice start
- 18 September 2024
- Site notice end
- 9 October 2024
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13314304
- Documents
- 42
- Constraints
- 40
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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