Lowestoft Outer Harbour Lowestoft Suffolk

DC/21/4739/AMENon-material AmendmentApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 4 February 2022

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Non-Material Amendment of 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.

Received: 15 October 2021
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: East Suffolk Council
Ward: Harbour And Normanston

ReceivedReceived15 Oct
ValidatedValidated15 Oct
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date11 Nov
DecidedDecided4 Feb

Decided in 112 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 112 days, 8 weeks longer 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: 15 October 2021
Target decision date: 11 November 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent: Jacobs
Agent address: 2 Colmore Square Queensway 38 Colmore Circus Birmingham B16 8PE

Planning decision

Statutory period: 27 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 37
Constraints: 220

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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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© 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.

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