Former H M Prison Blundeston Lakeside Rise Blundeston Lowestoft Suffolk
Approved on 13 October 2026
Council decision: Application Permitted
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Proposal
Discharge of Condition No.10 of DC/23/2245/ARM - Approval of Reserved Matters of DC/17/4182/VOC - Variation of Condition No.13 of DC/16/2157/FUL - Hybrid planning application for demolition of prison and construction of 2no shop units with 4no flats, and 3no office units with car parking, 16no affordable housing units (full submission), and residential development including care home, roads and open space (outline submission) - Blundeston Phase 3 - a phased redevelopment of the remainder of the site for a further 117 houses, with associated car parking, drainage infrastructure, open space, and access roads and Landscaping - Lighting design strategy
- Received
- 21 July 2026
- Public comments
- 0 · last counted 3 October 2026
- Council
- East Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Lothingland
- ReceivedReceived21 Jul
- ValidatedValidated21 Jul
- Consult.Consultation13 Aug
- TargetTarget Date15 Sep
- DecidedDecided13 Oct
Decided in 84 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to vary a condition at Former H M Prison Blundeston Lakeside Rise Blundeston Lowestoft Suffolk. East Suffolk has handled 1,341 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 4 weeks longer than East Suffolk's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Lothingland.
99% of conditions 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
- Application type
- Approval of Details Reserved by Cond.
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Number of dwellings
- 16
- Parish
- Blundeston
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 21 July 2026
- Last date for comments
- 13 August 2026
- Target decision date
- 15 September 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 6
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
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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Source: East Suffolk
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