White House Caravan Club Beach Road Kessingland Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 7RW Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Site wide works to include: Reconfiguration of existing pitches to provide x19 serviced pitches and x1 Universally Accessible pitch (x3 additional pitches in total); demolition of the existing toilet block and construction of a replacement toilet block with roof-mounted PV panels; relocation and upgrading of the existing children's play area; installation of upgraded grasscrete arrival/visitor parking bays to include x1 Electric Vehicle (EV) charging bollard with two outlets; construction of a combined new reception and tractor store building; siting of a new static caravan for site manager within the existing site manger compound; siting of a new static caravan for site manager within a new compound (following demolition of the existing reception and storage building); installation of replacement Calor Gas compound and provision of a short section of internal site access road. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
7 Aug 2026
Decision
Expected by 6 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 9 Oct 2026, from East Suffolk's recent commercial and major works.

Documents 27

Plans & drawings 18

PDF WHI-2026-P-100 SITE LOCATION PLAN Site Plan · 7 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF WHI-2026-P-101 EXISTING BLOCK PLAN Drawing · 7 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF WHI-2026-P-102 PROPOSED BLOCK PLAN Drawing · 7 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF WHI-2026-P-402 STANDARD ALL WEATHER SERVICED PITCH - DETAILS Drawing · 7 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF WHI-2026-P-404 NON AWNING ALL WEATHER SERVICED PITCH - DETAILS Drawing · 7 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF WHI-2026-P-407 STANDARD UA ALL WEATHER PITCH - DETAILS Drawing · 7 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF WHI-2026 - P-301 80 PITCH TOILET BLOCK - PROPOSED FLOOR PLAN Drawing · 7 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF WHI-2026 - P-302 80 PITCH TOILET BLOCK - PROPOSED ELEVATIONS Drawing · 7 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF WHI-2026 - P-303 80 PITCH TOILET BLOCK - SECTION A-A Drawing · 7 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF WHI-2026-P-201 RECEPTION/TRACTOR STORE - PROPOSED FLOOR PLAN AND ELEVATIONS Drawing · 7 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF WHI-2026-P-469 GAS COMPOUND - PROPOSED FLOOR PLAN, ELEVATIONS AND SECTION AA Drawing · 7 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF WHI-2026-P-471 PROPOSED ROAD AND PATH DETAILS Drawing · 7 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF WHI-2026-P-475 GRASS-CRETE PARKING EV CHARGE POINT DETAILS AND SECTIONS AA & BB Drawing · 7 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF WHI-2026-P-480 PLAY AREA - BLOCK PLAN Drawing · 7 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF WHI-2026-P-466 PALISADE FENCING - DETAILS Drawing · 7 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF SHEET 1/1 AVON 30 X 12 2B ELEVATIONS Drawing · 7 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF SHEET 1/1 AVON 30 X 12 2B FLOOR PLAN Drawing · 7 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF NON-LICENSED GREAT CRESTED NEWT MITIGATION PLAN Supporting Documents · 7 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 8

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 ↗
Public footpath 14 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
SSSI 209 m away: Pakefield to Easton Bavents SSSI; Special area of conservation 439 m away: Southern North Sea; Inside the Kessingland built-up area; Priority habitat 45 m away: Good quality semi improved grassland; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
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 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

Application type
Full Application
Postcode
NR33 7RW
Received
7 Aug 2026
Validated
7 Aug 2026
Ward
Kessingland
Parish
Kessingland
Case officer
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Target decision
6 Nov 2026
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 63, past the statutory target. 77% of commercial and major works in East Suffolk are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 6 Nov 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 28 Sept 2026.

Day 637 days past the 56-day target
50%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
59decided in the last year

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.

11 neighbours consulted · Last counted 28 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
2 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No
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