Planning application
National Grid Yaxley 400kV Substation Leys Lane Yaxley Eye Suffolk IP23 8DX
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
The Progress Power (Gas Fired Power Station) Order 2015: Application pursuant to requirement 16(2) to amend working hours to include Saturday - Sunday (07:00 - 19:00) from 01st May 2026 to 30th April 2027 (Weekend extended hours)
As published by the council, reference DC/26/01413
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/01413
- Type
- Discharge of Requirement
- Status
- Granted
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 26 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 1 Apr 2026
- Decided
- 12 May 2026
- Ward
- Palgrave
- Parish
- Yaxley
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- IP23 8DX
Site history
Applications at this address on the Babergh register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 1 refused.
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DC/25/04349 Refused
National Grid Yaxley 400kV Substation Leys Lane Yaxley Eye Suffolk IP23 8DX
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/23/01494 - Condition 11 (Noise Assessment)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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26 Mar 2026
Received by Babergh
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1 Apr 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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12 May 2026
Decision issued: Granted
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9 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
6 documents on file for this application
- DOR DECISION
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH LAND CONTAMINATION
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH NOISE/ODOUR/LIGHT/SMOKE RESPONSE
- BROME AND OAKLEY PARISH COUNCIL RESPONSE
- YAXLEY PARISH CLERK RESPONSE
- APPLICATION FORM
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Babergh granted permission on 12 May 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About condition discharge and variation applications
This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.
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