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Suffolk Wild Life Park Whites Lane Kessingland Lowestoft Suffolk

DC/07/0957/COUChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 12 July 2007

Council decision: Temporary Permission GrantedPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Continuation of the use of land for overflow car parking

Received
8 May 2007
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
2
Ward
Kessingland
  1. Received8 May
  2. Validated8 May
  3. Consult.12 Jun
  4. Target7 Aug
  5. Decided12 Jul

Decided in 65 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Suffolk Wild Life Park Whites Lane Kessingland Lowestoft Suffolk. East Suffolk has handled 512 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days, 9 days longer than East Suffolk's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 16 applications across Kessingland.

92% of amendment applications at East Suffolk Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Kessingland

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 May 2007
Consultation expiry
5 July 2007
Consultation start
23 May 2007
Consultation end
12 June 2007
Neighbour consultation end
12 June 2007
Last date for comments
5 July 2007
Target decision date
7 August 2007
Committee meeting
11 July 2007

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Chapel House Out Westgate Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 3NZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
15 June 2007
Advertisement expiry
5 July 2007
Site notice start
21 May 2007
Site notice end
11 June 2007

Additional information

Documents
1
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • National Landscape (AONB): Suffolk Coast & HeathsPart of the site

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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