54 High Street Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 1JA Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of Use - Part of retail shop to be converted into a 2 bedroom flat. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 18 Dec 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 10 Oct 2026
Documents 14
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 3
Plans & drawings 2
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 6
Site constraints 6
Show the other 24 with distances
- 36 m49a, 50a and 50b, High StreetGrade II
- 36 m149 and 149a-D, High StreetGrade II
- 37 mNumbers 147 and 147a and Attached Screen WallGrade II
- 38 mBerfield HouseGrade II
- 40 m59-59A High Street (former chemist shop)Grade II
- 41 mWalls and Steps to Crown ScoreGrade II
- 43 mCrown House Including Railings to Steps and Street FrontageGrade II
- 50 mThe Crown HotelGrade II
- 53 m48, High StreetGrade II
- 60 m47, High StreetGrade II
- 65 m46, High StreetGrade II
- 68 mBarclays BankGrade II
- 74 m45, High StreetGrade II
- 77 mHolm ViewGrade II
- 81 m43 and 44, High StreetGrade II
- 90 mTown HallGrade II
- 95 m41 and 42, High StreetGrade II
- 105 m134 and 135, High StreetGrade II
- 106 mWall to South of Mariners ScoreGrade II
- 110 m1 and 2, Dukes Head StreetGrade II
- 128 mSt DavidsGrade II
- 129 m160, High StreetGrade II
- 134 m36, High StreetGrade II*
- 141 m35, High StreetGrade II
Checked on 2 November 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £61,000 in December 2016. Other property, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in September 2016, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- East Suffolk
- Application type
- Full Application
- Postcode
- NR32 1JA
- Received
- 9 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 31 Oct 2025
- Ward
- Harbour And Normanston
- Parish
- Lowestoft
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 26 Dec 2025
- Decision
- Application Refused
- Decision date
- 18 Dec 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 48 days from validation, 9 days faster than East Suffolk's median of 57 for full applications. Refused, as 6% of full applications here are.
Plota live figures for full applications decided by East Suffolk in the last twelve months, from validation. East Suffolk decision record →
Public comments
4 neighbours consulted · Last counted 10 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Statutory expiry
- 26 Dec 2025
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
East Suffolk ranks #183 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
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