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Former Jeld Wen Factory Waveney Drive Lowestoft Suffolk

DC/24/2381/OUTOutline ApplicationAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
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Proposal

Outline Planning Application (All Matters Reserved) for the demolition of existing on-site buildings and construction of up to 500 residential dwellings (Class C3 use); up to 2.2 hectares (ha) of severable employment land, comprising up to 16,076sqm Class B2 / B8 floorspace; and up to 0.26ha Early Years land (Class F1a) use), with associated access, public open space, infrastructure and landscaping.

Received
1 July 2024
Decision due
30 September 2024
Public comments
33
Ward
Oulton Broad
Agent
Pegasus Group
  1. Received1 Jul
  2. Validated1 Jul
  3. Consult.11 Jul
  4. Target30 Sep
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 11 July.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (188)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Former Jeld Wen Factory Waveney Drive Lowestoft Suffolk. East Suffolk has handled 942 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 1 July 2024 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Oulton Broad.

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

Application type
Outline Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
500
Parish
Lowestoft

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 July 2024
Last date for comments
11 July 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Pegasus Group
Agent address
Suite 4 Pioneer House Vision Park Histon Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB24 9NL

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Additional information

Documents
188

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Brownfield land register: Part Former Jeld Wen site Lowestoft SuffolkRegister site at or near this address

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 (21)

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 and heritage coasts.

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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© 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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