Lowestoft Outer Harbour Lowestoft Suffolk
Approved on 15 September 2020
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Non Material Amendment - DC/19/2753/RG3 - Construction of tidal flood walls in Lowestoft Outer Harbour, to provide a 1 in 200 (0.5%) AEP standard of protection against direct tidal flooding to residential and commercial areas of Lowestoft. - 1 Hamilton Road - Kwikfit entrance re-alignment of demountable barriers within pavement zone. - To accommodate Anglian water brick sewer. 2 Hamilton Road - SPR entrance - realignment of demountable barriers within pavement zone. To accommodate UKPN substation constructed closer to the pavement that previously advised. 3 Hamilton road - setback of groundwater cut off (underground) To accommodate vibration limits near UKPN assets - not defined when planning application was made. 4 Waveney Road - from port entrance to Waveney Chambers bus stop Ground water cut off set back into ABP estate to accommodate UKPN HV cables and Anglian water pumping main. Removes the need to divert these services which would require a prolonged closure of the A47 at this location.
- Received
- 3 September 2020
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- East Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Harbour And Normanston
- ReceivedReceived3 Sep
- ValidatedValidated8 Sep
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date5 Oct
- DecidedDecided15 Sep
Decided in 7 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Lowestoft Outer Harbour Lowestoft Suffolk. East Suffolk has handled 512 applications of this type. This one was decided in 12 days, 6 weeks quicker than East Suffolk's typical decision time. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Harbour And Normanston.
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
- Non-material Amendment
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Lowestoft
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 September 2020
- Target decision date
- 5 October 2020
- Permission expires
- 15 September 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Jacobs
- Agent address
- 2 Colmore Square Queensway 38 Colmore Circus Birmingham B16 8PE
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 27 days
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 3: High 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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