Aldi Foodstore Ltd Exning Road Newmarket Suffolk CB8 0EA
Approved on 19 March 2026
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 solar PVs
- Received
- 23 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- West Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Newmarket West
- ReceivedReceived23 Jan
- ValidatedValidated23 Jan
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date20 Mar
- DecidedDecided19 Mar
Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a solar installation at Aldi Foodstore Ltd Exning Road Newmarket Suffolk CB8 0EA. 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 32 applications across Newmarket West. We hold 1,572 applications in total for the CB8 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
- CB8 0EA
- Application type
- Prior Approval Part 14 Class J of GPDO14
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Newmarket Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 24 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 20 March 2026
- Permission expires
- 19 March 2031
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Avison Young
- Agent address
- 6th Floor 1 City Square Leeds West Yorkshire LS1 2AL
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 3 February 2026
- Site notice end
- 24 February 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14535672
- Documents
- 8
- Constraints
- 16
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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