6 Suffolk Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 1DZ
Refused on 1 December 2025
Council decision: Prior Approval RefusedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Prior Notification - Change of use of ground floor into 1 bedroom flat with front part to remain as a shop, and change of first floor to a 3 bedroom flat
- Received
- 30 September 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 6
- Council
- East Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Harbour And Normanston
- Agent
- M K Properties
- ReceivedReceived30 Sep
- ValidatedValidated20 Oct
- Consult.Consultation17 Nov
- TargetTarget Date15 Dec
- DecidedDecided1 Dec
Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at 6 Suffolk Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 1DZ. East Suffolk has handled 942 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 6 days longer than East Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the South Lowestoft and Kirkley conservation area. There have been 3 other applications 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 1DZ
- Application type
- Prior Approval Commercial to Mixed Use
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Lowestoft
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 October 2025
- Last date for comments
- 17 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 15 December 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- M K Properties
- Agent address
- 6 Suffolk Road Lowestoft Suffolk N32 1DZ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 20
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
- Conservation area: South Lowestoft
- Brownfield land register: 8 - 11 Waveney Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 1BNRegister site at or near this address
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Also checked, none recorded (20)
flood storage 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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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202631 Mar
Discharge of Condition No. 2 of DC/26/0531/P3G
PendingDischarge of conditionsDC/26/1258/DRC - 20269 Feb
Prior Approval (Commerial to Mixed Use) - The existing property consists of three floors - commercial at…
PendingPrior Approval Commercial to Mixed UseDC/26/0531/P3G - 20235 Jan
Ground Floor Change-of-Use form a Tattoo Parlour (A!) to a Hot Food Take-away (A5) with seating for on site…
PendingFull ApplicationDC/23/0028/FUL
Source: East Suffolk
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