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6 Suffolk Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 1DZ

DC/26/0531/P3GPrior Approval Commercial to Mixed UseAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior Approval (Commerial to Mixed Use) - The existing property consists of three floors - commercial at ground floor with ancillary commercial uses at first and second floor. It is proposed to convert the first and second floor to a single 3 bedroom flat with commercial use at ground floor (see also planning statement)

Received
9 February 2026
Decision due
6 April 2026
Public comments
2
Ward
Harbour And Normanston
Agent
Graham Nourse Planning Consultants Ltd
  1. Received9 Feb
  2. Validated9 Feb
  3. Consult.12 Mar
  4. Target6 Apr
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 12 March.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (9)

About this application

This is an outline application at 6 Suffolk Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 1DZ. East Suffolk has handled 942 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 9 February 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. 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
9 February 2026
Last date for comments
12 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Graham Nourse Planning Consultants Ltd
Agent address
3 Monet Square Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 4LZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
9

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)
  • Conservation area: South Lowestoft
  • Brownfield land register: 8 - 11 Waveney Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 1BNRegister site at or near this address

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 (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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© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    31 Mar

    Discharge of Condition No. 2 of DC/26/0531/P3G

    PendingDischarge of conditionsDC/26/1258/DRC
  2. 2026
    9 Feb

    Prior Approval (Commerial to Mixed Use) - The existing property consists of three floors - commercial at…

    This applicationPendingOutlineDC/26/0531/P3G

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