Knotts Topping 4 Drift Road Lakenheath Suffolk IP27 9JL Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Planning application - change of use and conversion of ancillary residential building to self-contained dwelling (Class C3) and ancillary works including provision of car parking, refuse and cycle storage and landscaping Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 3 Nov 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 4 Nov 2026
Documents 15
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 5
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 6
Other documents 1
Site constraints 3
Checked on 2 November 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.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in April 2016, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- West Suffolk
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Postcode
- IP27 9JL
- Received
- 18 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 11 Sept 2026
- Ward
- Lakenheath
- Parish
- Lakenheath
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 6 Nov 2026
- Decision
- Refuse application
- Decision date
- 3 Nov 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Savills (UK) Ltd
How this decision compares
Decided in 53 days from validation, 6 days faster than West Suffolk's median of 59 for changes of use. Refused, as 7% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by West Suffolk in the last twelve months, from validation. West Suffolk decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
4 neighbours consulted · Last counted 4 Nov 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-15164002
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-15164002
- Consultation
- 11 Sept 2026
- Comments by
- 14 Oct 2026
- Site or press notice
- 23 Sept 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 6 Nov 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
3 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%).
Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use
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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