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2 Cedar Drive, Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 9HA

SCC/0084/23SC/LDCLawful Development CertificateApproved

Approved on 29 November 2023

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate for the change of use from C3 (dwelling house) to C2 (residential institution). The building is proposed to be used as a children's home for one child who will be supported by two staff.

Received
6 September 2023
Ward
Carlton (Blythling)
  1. Received6 Sep
  2. Validated1 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 Nov

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 2 Cedar Drive, Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 9HA. Suffolk has handled 23 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 4 weeks longer than Suffolk's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,661 applications in total for the NR33 postcode area.

100% of all applications at Suffolk County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
NR33 9HA
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lowestoft CP
District
East Suffolk (W)

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 November 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Endeavour House 8 Russell Road Ipswich IP1 2BX

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers.

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.

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: Suffolk

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