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4 Grattondale Carlton Colville Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 8WP

DC/20/3529/PNHPrior Approval Larger Home ExtensionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 22 October 2020

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior Notification (Householder) - Looking to build a 7.2m x 5m lean to rear extension which will be detached from the neighbouring property, and 400mm off the boundary line. Looking at slab raft foundation, maximum depth of 650mm where walls will be built, rest of flooring will be 450mm so it doesn't affect neighbouring foundations. The build will be made from bricks and mortar, with thermalite blocks and 100mm insulation. Roof will be tiled according to the degree of pitch.

Received
9 September 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Carlton Colville
  1. Received9 Sep
  2. Validated24 Sep
  3. Consult.16 Oct
  4. Target4 Nov
  5. Decided22 Oct

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a rear extension at 4 Grattondale Carlton Colville Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 8WP. East Suffolk has handled 942 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 13 days quicker than East Suffolk's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Carlton Colville. We hold 1,661 applications in total for the NR33 postcode area.

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

Postcode
NR33 8WP
Application type
Prior Approval Larger Home Extension
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Carlton Colville

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 September 2020
Last date for comments
16 October 2020
Target decision date
4 November 2020
Permission expires
22 October 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
17

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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© 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.

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Source: East Suffolk

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