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West Row Academy Beeches Road West Row Suffolk IP28 8NY

DC/25/1487/P14JPAPrior Approval Part 14 Class J of GPDO14Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 14 November 2025

Council decision: Not requiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior approval application under Part 14 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - roof mounted solar array

Received
22 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
The Rows
Agent
Luke Strange Architecture Ltd
  1. Received22 Sep
  2. Validated22 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target17 Nov
  5. Decided14 Nov

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at West Row Academy Beeches Road West Row Suffolk IP28 8NY. West Suffolk has handled 399 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 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 27 applications across The Rows. We hold 1,142 applications in total for the IP28 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
IP28 8NY
Application type
Prior Approval Part 14 Class J of GPDO14
Scale / size
Small
Parish
West Row

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 September 2025
Consultation expiry
6 November 2025
Target decision date
17 November 2025
Permission expires
14 November 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent
Luke Strange Architecture Ltd
Agent address
Luke Strange Architecture Ltd 20 Hollicondane Road Ramsgate CT11 7PH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
16 October 2025
Site notice end
6 November 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14346796
Documents
11
Constraints
16

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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© 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.

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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: West Suffolk

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