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23 Alexandra Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 1PP

DC/24/3267/P3MAPrior Approval Commercial to DwellingApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 6 November 2024

Council decision: Prior Approval GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior Approval Commercial to Dwelling - Part 3 Class MA - Development consisting of a change of use of a building and any land within its curtilage from a use falling within Class E (commercial, business and service) of Schedule 2 to the Use Classes Order to a use falling within Class C3 (dwellinghouses)

Received
11 September 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Harbour And Normanston
Agent
Morse Webb Ltd
  1. Received11 Sep
  2. Validated11 Sep
  3. Consult.21 Oct
  4. Target6 Nov
  5. Decided6 Nov

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 23 Alexandra Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 1PP. East Suffolk has handled 942 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. 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.

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
NR32 1PP
Application type
Prior Approval Commercial to Dwelling
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lowestoft

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 September 2024
Last date for comments
21 October 2024
Target decision date
6 November 2024
Permission expires
6 November 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Morse Webb Ltd
Architect profile
MORSE WEBB LIMITED
Agent address
The Byre Lantern Courtyard The Street Bramley Hampshire RG26 5DE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
28

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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    This applicationApprovedOutlineDC/24/3267/P3MA

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