Africa Alive Whites Lane Kessingland Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 7TF
Approved on 28 January 2026
Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Prior-Notification - Installation of a 125 kWp solar canopy for onsite renewable electricity generation and self-consumption. The 125 kWp capacity is subject to solar PV module availability at time of installation.
- Received
- 8 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- East Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Kessingland
- ReceivedReceived8 Dec
- ValidatedValidated8 Dec
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date2 Feb
- DecidedDecided28 Jan
Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a solar installation at Africa Alive Whites Lane Kessingland Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 7TF. East Suffolk has handled 942 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than East Suffolk's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 16 applications across Kessingland. We hold 1,660 applications in total for the NR33 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
- NR33 7TF
- Application type
- Prior Approval Solar Canopy
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Kessingland
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 2 February 2026
- Permission expires
- 28 January 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- RenEnergy
- Agent address
- Woodbastwick Road Blofield Heath Norwich Norfolk NR13 4RR
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: East Suffolk
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