Birds Eye Ltd Whapload Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 1XQ Data via plota.co.uk

DC/26/2507/CLP - Lawful Development Certificate(Proposed) Approved

Proposal

Certificate of Lawful Use (Proposed) - Building of a new extension to the existing Denes 3 factory. This building is to house a new goods lift only. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 8 Oct 2026, 01:41

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Application progress

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Received

14 Jul 2026

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Validated

15 Jul 2026

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Approved

18 Aug 2026

Approved on 18 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 21 Aug 2026

Documents 7

Site constraints 4

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea

Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.

Flood map ↗

Special area of conservation 154 m away: Southern North Sea

Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.

Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.

Also on the record

National infrastructure project 1640 m away: Lake Lothing Third Crossing; Inside the Lowestoft built-up area.

Not affected

Not green belt · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 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.

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Important details

Council: East Suffolk
Application type: Lawful Development Certificate(Proposed)
Postcode: NR32 1XQ
Received: 14 Jul 2026
Validated: 15 Jul 2026
Ward: Harbour And Normanston
Parish: Lowestoft
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 9 Sept 2026
Decision: Application Permitted
Decision date: 18 Aug 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 34 days from validation, 22 days faster than East Suffolk's median of 56 for extensions. Approved, as 96% of extensions here are.

This one34d

Council56d

UK55d

60%decided within 8 weeks

96%approved

691decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by East Suffolk in the last twelve months, from validation. East Suffolk decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 21 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry: 9 Sept 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

2 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2021 Approved

Re-roof part of our production building (Denes 2). This will require the removal of asbes…

DC/21/4664/FUL 23 Dec 2021

2021 Approved

Re-roof part of our production building (Denes 2). This will require the removal of asbes…

DC/21/4664/FUL 23 Dec 2021

East Suffolk

Planning Authority Score

5.3/10

Average

#129 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

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%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

East Suffolk decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

92%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #81 of 296

95%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #76 of 296

60%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #183 of 296

42%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #162 of 296

80%

Minor dwellings approved

212 decided (1-9 homes)

100%

Major dwellings approved

19 decided (10+ homes)

81%

Change of use approved

139 decided

1,965

Total decisions

158 refused in the year to March 2026