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Whitehouse Farm Barn Rackhams Corner Blundeston Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 5LB

DC/26/1194/P3QPrior Approval Agriculture to DwellingsAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior Approval (Change of Use from Agricultural to Class C3 Dwellinghouse) - Conversion of Barn 2 to 4 dwellings

Received
27 March 2026
Decision due
4 June 2026
Ward
Lothingland
Agent
MDPC Ltd
  1. Received27 Mar
  2. Validated9 Apr
  3. Consult.11 May
  4. Target4 Jun
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Whitehouse Farm Barn Rackhams Corner Blundeston Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 5LB. East Suffolk has handled 942 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 27 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Lothingland. 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 5LB
Application type
Prior Approval Agriculture to Dwellings
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Blundeston

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 April 2026
Last date for comments
11 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
MDPC Ltd
Agent address
302 Oulton Road North Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 4QL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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, conservation 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, 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

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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.

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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