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17 The Esplanade Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 0QG

DC/26/0068/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 27 February 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retrospective Application - Change of use of ground floor storage (previously used in connection with adjoining fish and chip shop) to residential flat.

Received
8 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
6
Ward
Kirkley And Pakefield
  1. Received8 Jan
  2. Validated14 Jan
  3. Consult.20 Feb
  4. Target11 Mar
  5. Decided27 Feb

Decided in 44 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 17 The Esplanade Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 0QG. East Suffolk has handled 5,532 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than East Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the South Lowestoft and Kirkley conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 29 applications across Kirkley And Pakefield. We hold 1,661 applications in total for the NR33 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
NR33 0QG
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lowestoft

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 January 2026
Last date for comments
20 February 2026
Target decision date
11 March 2026
Permission expires
27 February 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Andrew Middleton
Agent address
23 Regent Street Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1RL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: South Lowestoft

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, 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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