Knotts Topping 4 Drift Road Lakenheath Suffolk IP27 9JL

1. 18 Aug 2026

   Received by West Suffolk

2. 11 Sep 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 11 Sep 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 6 November 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

   West Suffolk took a median of 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

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• 3 Drift Road Lakenheath Suffolk IP27 9JL

  DC/26/0189/OUT Submitted 9 Feb 2026 50 yards away

  Outline planning application (means of access to be considered) - up to six dwellings associated access and landscaping

  Withdrawn Outline 25 docs
  Several homes

• Plot 1 Land At Pinehurst Drift Road Lakenheath Suffolk

  DC/21/0344/OUT Submitted 19 Feb 2021 100 yards away

  Outline planning application (means of access, layout and scale to be considered) - one dwelling

  Granted Outline 28 docs
  Domestic

• 69 Station Road Lakenheath Suffolk IP27 9JB

  DC/21/1266/HH Submitted 14 Jun 2021 150 yards away

  Householder planning application - a. single storey side and rear extension b. replacement of windows and external doors c. replacement render and boarding d. reduction in height of plinth

  Granted Householder Extension Windows or glazing 7 docs
  Small domestic

• Land Off Briscoe Way Lakenheath Suffolk IP27 9SA

  DC/26/0326/TPO Submitted 27 Feb 2026 300 yards away

  TPO 02 (1995) tree preservation order - as per schedule received

  Granted Trees 8 docs

• Land Off Briscoe Way Lakenheath Suffolk

  DCON(D)/22/1480 Submitted 6 Nov 2025 300 yards away

  Application to discharge condition 12 (resident's travel pack) of DC/22/1480/VAR

  Granted Conditions 5 docs

• Land Off Briscoe Way Lakenheath Suffolk

  DC/22/1480/VAR Submitted 23 Aug 2022 300 yards away

  Planning application - Variation of condition 1 of DC/21/1216/VAR to enable changes to the approved plans listed in condition 1 the amendments to the plans include addition of a Foul Water pump station in the position of approved plot 34 the addition of an electricity sub-station at the site's western boundary the sub-division of approved Plot 54 to provide 2 Ellingham house types (detached 3 bed units) the upgrading of plot 35 and plot 36 to Ixworth house types (detached 4 bed units) the handing of plot 13 and various minor amendments following discussions with highways, including the addition of two layby visitor spaces and minor changes to road widths

  Granted Amendments 28 docs

• DC/26/1592/FUL Awaiting decision

  The Coal Yard Wilde Street Beck Row Suffolk IP28 8BL

  Planning application - access and parking for plots 1 and 2

  Received 19 Oct, published by the council 23 Oct 2026 Full applications
• DC/26/1576/FUL Awaiting decision

  Network House Western Way Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 3SP

  Planning application - installation of three extraction systems and associated external flues

  Received 16 Oct, published by the council 22 Oct 2026 Full applications
• DC/26/1563/FUL Awaiting decision

  Langham Business Park Thingoe Hill Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP32 6BE

  Planning application - a. retention and change of use of existing industrial building to dog-care, grooming and vocational education facility (sui generis) b. single storey micro-business units (use class E(g)) c. designation of yard for open-air commercial storage (use class B8) with associated access, parking and landscaping

  Received 14 Oct, published by the council 21 Oct 2026 Full applications
• DC/26/1565/FUL Awaiting decision

  28 Beechcroft Stanningfield Suffolk IP29 4RT

  Planning application - one dwelling

  Received 14 Oct, published by the council 29 Oct 2026 Full applications
• DC/26/1558/FUL Awaiting decision

  All Saints Hotel The Street Fornham St Genevieve Suffolk IP28 6JQ

  Planning application - overspill car park with associated soft landscaping and tree screening

  Received 13 Oct, published by the council 20 Oct 2026 Full applications