Exning Primary School Oxford Street Exning Newmarket Suffolk CB8 7EW
Approved on 12 January 2026
Council decision: Approve applicationDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Planning application - detached building for use class F1 - education, with two air source heat pumps
- Received
- 5 September 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- West Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Exning
- Agent
- Rees Pryer Architects
- ReceivedReceived5 Sep
- ValidatedValidated5 Sep
- Consult.Consultation23 Dec
- TargetTarget Date31 Oct
- DecidedDecided12 Jan
Decided in 129 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Exning Primary School Oxford Street Exning Newmarket Suffolk CB8 7EW. West Suffolk has handled 2,535 applications of this type. This one was decided in 129 days, 10 weeks longer than West Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Exning conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. 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 7EW
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Exning
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 5 September 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 5 January 2026
- Consultation start
- 2 December 2025
- Consultation end
- 23 December 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 24 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 31 October 2025
- Permission expires
- 12 January 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Rees Pryer Architects
- Architect profile
- REES PRYER LIMITED
- Agent address
- The Studio Drinkstone Office Park Kempson Way Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP32 7AR
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 12 December 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 5 January 2026
- Site notice start
- 12 September 2025
- Site notice end
- 3 October 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14202329
- Documents
- 47
- Constraints
- 16
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: ExningPart of the site
- 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 (20)
flood storage areas, 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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