Sudbury Road Sicklesmere Suffolk
Approved on 19 February 2026
Council decision: No objectionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Application under The Overhead Lines (Exemption) (England and Wales) Regulations 2009 - upgrades to existing high voltage (HV) overhead line
- Received
- 9 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- West Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Horringer
- ReceivedReceived9 Jan
- ValidatedValidated9 Jan
- Consult.Consultation2 Feb
- TargetTarget Date20 Feb
- DecidedDecided19 Feb
Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a planning application at Sudbury Road Sicklesmere Suffolk. West Suffolk has handled 76 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 weeks quicker than West Suffolk's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 52 applications across Horringer.
95% of all 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
- Circular 14/90 Overhead Electric Lines
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Great And Little Whelnetham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 9 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 18 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 12 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 2 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 6 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 20 February 2026
- Permission expires
- 19 February 2031
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 16 January 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 6 February 2026
- Site notice start
- 28 January 2026
- Site notice end
- 18 February 2026
Additional information
- Documents
- 5
- Constraints
- 24
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: SicklesmerePart of the site
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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