Birds Eye Ltd Whapload Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 1XQ Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Installation of a water storage tank and pump room as part of an automatic sprinkler system for fire suppression in the Denes 1 factory on the Birds Eye site in Lowestoft. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 16 Sept 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 16 Sept 2026
Planning committee
Decided by East Suffolk Planning Committee North on 8 Sept 2026.
Approved
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised approval because the infrastructure was necessary for fire safety and acceptable in its industrial and flood-risk setting.
- No objections were received, while the Town Council supported the proposal and the development would remove about eight parking spaces.
- The committee approved the application subject to three conditions.
Source: Plota analysis of East Suffolk's committee minutes of 8 Sept 2026.
Documents 14
Decision & officer reports 4
Statements & assessments 2
Plans & drawings 3
Application forms 2
Site constraints 4
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.
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Important details
- Council
- East Suffolk
- Application type
- Full Application
- Postcode
- NR32 1XQ
- Received
- 9 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 25 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Harbour And Normanston
- Parish
- Lowestoft
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 9 Sept 2026
- Decision
- Application Permitted
- Decision date
- 16 Sept 2026
- Decision level
- Committee Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Birds Eye Ltd
How this decision compares
Decided in 83 days from validation, 25 days slower than East Suffolk's median of 58 for commercial and major works. Approved, as 95% of commercial and major works here are.
Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by East Suffolk in the last twelve months, from validation. East Suffolk decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
Last counted 16 Sept 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Committee
- 8 Sept 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 20 Aug 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
2 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
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%).
Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use
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