16 Birch Walk Raf Lakenheath Suffolk IP27 9RA Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Householder planning application - a. remove one window on first floor front elevation and replace with one window on first floor side elevation b. replace two doors on front elevation with a door and window c. two storey side extension Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 8 May 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 7 Jul 2026
Documents 7
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 1
Application forms 2
Consultation & comments 2
Site constraints 2
Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £114,950 in December 2015. Terraced house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in March 2016, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- West Suffolk
- Application type
- Householder Application
- Postcode
- IP27 9RA
- Received
- 5 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 9 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Lakenheath
- Parish
- Eriswell Parish
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 6 Mar 2026
- Decision
- Approve application
- Decision date
- 8 May 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- JDH Building Design
How this decision compares
Decided in 119 days from validation, 63 days slower than West Suffolk's median of 56 for extensions. Approved, as 95% of extensions here are.
Plota live figures for extensions decided by West Suffolk in the last twelve months, from validation. West Suffolk decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14599052
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14599052
- Consultation
- 12 Jan 2026
- Comments by
- 24 Mar 2026
- Site or press notice
- 3 Mar 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 6 Mar 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
7 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
West Suffolk is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #208 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
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