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Benjamin Britten Music Academy Blyford Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 4PZ

DC/25/1768/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 3 July 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

The retention of 2no. existing prefabricated modular classroom units at Benjamin Britten Academy of Music & Mathematics, Blyford Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 4PZ

Received
29 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Gunton And St Margarets
Agent
Paul Robinson Partnership (UK) LLP
  1. Received29 Apr
  2. Validated7 May
  3. Consult.16 Jun
  4. Target2 Jul
  5. Decided3 Jul

Decided in 57 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Benjamin Britten Music Academy Blyford Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 4PZ. East Suffolk has handled 5,532 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days, 9 days longer than East Suffolk's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 19 applications across Gunton And St Margarets. 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 4PZ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lowestoft

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 May 2025
Last date for comments
16 June 2025
Target decision date
2 July 2025
Permission expires
3 July 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Paul Robinson Partnership (UK) LLP
Agent address
6 Octagon Business Park Hospital Road Little Plumstead Norwich Norfolk NR13 5FH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
14

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 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: East Suffolk

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