Breckland School Crown Street Brandon Suffolk IP27 0PE
Approved on 14 November 2025
Council decision: Not requiredDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Prior approval application under Part 14 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - installation of roof mounted solar photovoltaic system
- Received
- 20 September 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- West Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Brandon West
- Agent
- Luke Strange Architecture Ltd
- ReceivedReceived20 Sep
- ValidatedValidated20 Sep
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date15 Nov
- DecidedDecided14 Nov
Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a solar installation at Breckland School Crown Street Brandon Suffolk IP27 0PE. West Suffolk has handled 399 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 11 applications across Brandon West. 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 0PE
- Application type
- Prior Approval Part 14 Class J of GPDO14
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Brandon
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 September 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 24 October 2025
- Target decision date
- 15 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
- 3 October 2025
- Site notice end
- 24 October 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14346933
- Documents
- 11
- Constraints
- 27
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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