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Raf Lakenheath Brandon Road Lakenheath Suffolk

DC/26/0139/R77Regulation 77 applicationApproved

Approved on 26 February 2026

Council decision: Approve applicationDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Application under regulation 77 of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 - fence line and associated security infrastructure

Received
29 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Lakenheath
  1. Received29 Jan
  2. Validated5 Feb
  3. Consult.27 Feb
  4. Target2 Apr
  5. Decided26 Feb

Decided in 21 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Raf Lakenheath Brandon Road Lakenheath Suffolk. West Suffolk has handled 6,990 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 weeks quicker than West Suffolk's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across Lakenheath.

Application details

Application type
Regulation 77 application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lakenheath

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 February 2026
Consultation expiry
27 February 2026
Consultation start
6 February 2026
Consultation end
27 February 2026
Target decision date
2 April 2026
Permission expires
26 February 2031

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
6
Constraints
23

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

Source: West Suffolk

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