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38 Norwich Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 2BW

DC/22/0250/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 19 May 2022

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion and change of use to form 3 self contained flats - approved under DC/17/4101/FUL

Received
23 February 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Harbour And Normanston
Agent
Ian Garrett Building Design Ltd
  1. Received23 Feb
  2. Validated28 Feb
  3. Consult.7 Apr
  4. Target24 Apr
  5. Decided19 May

Decided in 80 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 38 Norwich Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 2BW. East Suffolk has handled 5,532 applications of this type. This one was decided in 85 days, 4 weeks longer than East Suffolk's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Harbour And Normanston. We hold 932 applications in total for the NR32 postcode area.

93% of full 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 2BW
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lowestoft

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 February 2022
Last date for comments
7 April 2022
Target decision date
24 April 2022
Permission expires
19 May 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Ian Garrett Building Design Ltd
Architect profile
IAN GARRETT BUILDING DESIGN LIMITED
Agent address
The Store 4 Oakwood Mews Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 2LS

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
14
Constraints
10

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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2022
    23 Feb

    Conversion and change of use to form 3 self contained flats - approved under DC/17/4101/FUL

    This applicationApprovedFullDC/22/0250/FUL
  2. 2017
    26 Sep

    Conversion and change of use to form 3 self contained flats

    ApprovedFull ApplicationPart ofDC/17/4101/FUL

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2017
    23 Feb

    Conversion and change of use to form 4 self contained flats

    RefusedFull ApplicationDC/17/0751/FUL

Source: East Suffolk

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