Water Recycling Centre, Aldecar Lane, Benhall, IP17 1HN. Data via plota.co.uk

SCC/0159/26SC - Full Planning application Application Pending a Decision

Proposal

Installation of replacement welfare building within the operational compound of Benhall Water Recycling Centre Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 4 Nov 2026, 02:00

Application progress

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Received

18 Sept 2026

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Validated

6 Oct 2026

Decision

Expected by 1 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 27 Jan 2027, from Suffolk County Council's recent full applications.

The consultation period closed on 3 Nov 2026.

Documents 15

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Site constraints 6

National infrastructure project about 292 m away: The Sizewell C Project

The site is about 292 m from the project boundary. Generating station, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: Sea Link (awaiting the Secretary of State's decision, about 879 m); East Anglia ONE North Offshore Windfarm (decided, about 977 m); East Anglia TWO Offshore Windfarm (decided, about 977 m); LionLink Interconnector (at pre-application, about 432 m); Suffolk Water Recycling Transfer and Storage (at pre-application, about 1537 m).

Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.

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Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Benhall Green built-up area; Priority habitat about 15 m away: No main habitat but additional habitats present; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 1 November 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate 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.

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Important details

Council: Suffolk County Council
Application type: Full Planning application
Postcode: IP17 1HN
Received: 18 Sept 2026
Validated: 6 Oct 2026
Case officer: Show
Applicant: Show
Agent: Anglian Water

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