Raf Lakenheath Brandon Road Lakenheath Brandon Suffolk IP27 9PR
Approved on 17 December 2025
Council decision: Approve applicationDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Application under regulation 77 of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 - Munitions inspection facility
- Received
- 24 September 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- West Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Lakenheath
- ReceivedReceived24 Sep
- ValidatedValidated7 Oct
- Consult.Consultation29 Oct
- TargetTarget Date2 Dec
- DecidedDecided17 Dec
Decided in 71 days
About this application
This is a planning application at Raf Lakenheath Brandon Road Lakenheath Brandon Suffolk IP27 9PR. West Suffolk has handled 6,990 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 4 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.
Application details
- Postcode
- IP27 9PR
- Application type
- Regulation 77 application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Eriswell Parish
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 7 October 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 29 October 2025
- Consultation start
- 8 October 2025
- Consultation end
- 29 October 2025
- Target decision date
- 2 December 2025
- Permission expires
- 17 December 2030
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 5
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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
Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
© 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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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20269 Sep
Application under regulation 77 of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 - dormitory…
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Addendum to DC/24/0953/EIASCR
ApprovedEIA - ScreeningDC/25/1230/EIASCR - 20245 Jul
EIA screening opinion under Regulation 6 (2) of the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations 2017 (as…
ApprovedEIA - ScreeningDC/24/0953/EIASCR
Source: West Suffolk
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