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Post Office 51 London Road North Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 1AA

DC/26/1138/DRCApproval of Details Reserved by Cond.Awaiting decision
Discharge / amendments
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Discharge of Conditions 7, 17, and 22 of DC/23/0792/FUL - Adaptive reuse of grade II listed post office and auxiliary buildings for multifunctional art based centre. Development comprising: Conversion of listed post office building to provide 4no. artist studios, art gallery and associated facilities; Gallery use at connecting hall (former sorting hall) between post office and gault building; Conversion of Gault Building to provide gallery use, 4no. studios / residential provision, and associated facilities; New build lift, stair core and store & loading area; New build Cafe with covered outdoor seating and associated facilities; New build Artist Studio and associated facilities connecting to the open flexible space at the rear of the site; and New build ground level DDA compliant accommodation in bedroom annex. - Condition 7. Hard Landscaping details; Condition 17. Details of bin storgage & collection; Condition 22. Surface water drainage details.

Received
24 March 2026
Decision due
20 May 2026
Ward
Harbour And Normanston
  1. Received24 Mar
  2. Validated25 Mar
  3. Consult.23 Apr
  4. Target20 May
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 23 April.

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About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Post Office 51 London Road North Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 1AA. East Suffolk has handled 1,341 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 24 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the South Lowestoft and Kirkley conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

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Application details

Postcode
NR32 1AA
Application type
Approval of Details Reserved by Cond.
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lowestoft

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 March 2026
Last date for comments
23 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Chaplin Farrant
Agent address
51 Yarmouth Road Thorpe Norwich Norfolk NR7 0ET

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
6

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
  • Listed building: Grade II: Former Post OfficeOn this site · +1 more
  • Brownfield land register: 127 - 128 Bevan Street East Lowestoft SuffolkRegister site at or near this address · +2 more

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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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.

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© 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.

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