Land Adjacent To The Ark Childrens Centre Water Lane Lowestoft Suffolk
Approved on 19 January 2016
Council decision: No ObjectionsSuffolk County Council Decision
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Proposal
County Council Consultation - Change of use from derelict open land to secure extension of the childrens outdoor play space at the rear of the Ark Childrens Centre
- Received
- 30 December 2015
- Decision level
- Suffolk County Council Decision
- Council
- East Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Harbour And Normanston
- ReceivedReceived30 Dec
- ValidatedValidated30 Dec
- Consult.Consultation18 Jan
- TargetTarget Date19 Jan
- DecidedDecided19 Jan
Decided in 20 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at Land Adjacent To The Ark Childrens Centre Water Lane Lowestoft Suffolk. East Suffolk has handled 942 applications of this type. This one was decided in 20 days, 5 weeks quicker than East Suffolk's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Harbour And Normanston.
87% of outline 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
- Consultation by County Council
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Lowestoft
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 30 December 2015
- Consultation expiry
- 18 January 2016
- Consultation start
- 5 January 2016
- Consultation end
- 18 January 2016
- Last date for comments
- 18 January 2016
- Target decision date
- 19 January 2016
- Permission expires
- 19 January 2021
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Suffolk County Council
- Agent address
- Strategic Development - Resource Management Endeavour House 8 Russell Road Ipswich Suffolk IP1 2BX
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 20 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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 (22)
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, National Landscapes, 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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Source: East Suffolk
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