Newe House Fen Road Pakenham Suffolk IP31 2JS
Approved on 27 May 2026
Council decision: Approve application2 conditions
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Proposal
Application for listed building consent - a. ground mounted solar PV panels b. two EV charging locations
- Received
- 25 February 2026
- Council
- West Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Pakenham & Troston
- Agent
- Loftus Architects Ltd
- ReceivedReceived25 Feb
- ValidatedValidated9 Mar
- Consult.Consultation30 Mar
- TargetTarget Date7 May
- DecidedDecided27 May
Decided in 79 days
About this application
This is a planning application for a solar installation at Newe House Fen Road Pakenham Suffolk IP31 2JS. West Suffolk has handled 6,990 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 5 weeks longer than West Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Pakenham conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Pakenham & Troston. We hold 1,715 applications in total for the IP31 postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- IP31 2JS
- Application type
- LB Consent to alter/extend
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Pakenham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 9 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 18 April 2026
- Consultation start
- 9 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 30 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 4 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 7 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Loftus Architects Ltd
- Agent address
- 53 Manning Road BURY ST EDMUNDS Suffolk IP32 7GF United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 59 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 13 March 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 4 April 2026
- Site notice start
- 26 March 2026
- Site notice end
- 18 April 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14714293
- Documents
- 7
- Constraints
- 14
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Pakenham
- 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 (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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Associated applications
- 202626 Feb
Householder planning application - a. ground mounted solar PV panels b. two EV charging locations
ApprovedHouseholderFiled alongsideDC/26/0304/HH - 202625 Feb
Application for listed building consent - a. ground mounted solar PV panels b. two EV charging locations
This applicationApprovedListed building consentDC/26/0305/LB
Source: West Suffolk
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- R Cotton ElectricalElectrician1.3 mi
- Ashmoore Electrical ServicesElectrician1.4 mi
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