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10 Oulton Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 4QP

DC/17/3722/COUChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 19 October 2017

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of Use of ground floor to A1 Retail

Received
30 August 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Gunton And St Margarets
Agent
Michael Haslam Associates Ltd
  1. Received30 Aug
  2. Validated30 Aug
  3. Consult.21 Sep
  4. Target24 Oct
  5. Decided19 Oct

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 10 Oulton Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 4QP. East Suffolk has handled 512 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than East Suffolk's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 19 applications across Gunton And St Margarets. We hold 932 applications in total for the NR32 postcode area.

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

Postcode
NR32 4QP
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lowestoft

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 August 2017
Consultation expiry
21 September 2017
Consultation start
31 August 2017
Consultation end
21 September 2017
Neighbour consultation end
21 September 2017
Last date for comments
27 September 2017
Target decision date
24 October 2017
Decision issued
20 October 2017
Permission expires
20 October 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
Michael Haslam Associates Ltd
Agent address
Woodcote Cargate Lane Saxlingham Nethergate Norwich Norfolk NR15 1TS

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Site notice start
1 September 2017
Site notice end
21 September 2017

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
9
Constraints
20

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: East Suffolk

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