Former Ashley Nurseries Site London Road Kessingland Lowestoft Suffolk
Approved on 6 March 2026
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)34 conditions
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Proposal
Construction of care home (Use Class C2)
- Received
- 4 April 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 21
- Council
- East Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Kessingland
- ReceivedReceived4 Apr
- ValidatedValidated11 Jun
- Consult.Consultation19 Dec
- TargetTarget Date10 Sep
- DecidedDecided6 Mar
Decided in 268 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Former Ashley Nurseries Site London Road Kessingland Lowestoft Suffolk. East Suffolk has handled 5,532 applications of this type. This one was decided in 336 days, 40 weeks longer than East Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 16 applications across Kessingland.
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
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Large
- Parish
- Kessingland
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 11 June 2025
- Last date for comments
- 19 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 10 September 2025
- Permission expires
- 6 March 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Bidwells
- Agent address
- Kingfisher House 1 Gilders Way Norwich Norfolk NR3 1UB
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 101
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Brownfield land register: Former Ashley Nurseries Site Kessingland SuffolkRegister site at or near this address
- 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 (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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Associated applications
- 202610 Nov
Discharge of Conditions 5, 16 & 22 of DC/25/1479/FUL
PendingDischarge of conditionsDC/26/3970/DRC - 20254 Apr
Construction of care home (Use Class C2)
This applicationApprovedFullDC/25/1479/FUL
Source: East Suffolk
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