St Margarets Church Hollingsworth Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 4BW Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Replacement of timber fence within the grounds of a Grade 1 listed building. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 17 Sept 2025 · Committee Decision · Last checked 18 Oct 2026
Planning committee
Decided by East Suffolk Planning Committee North on 9 Sept 2025.
Approved unanimously
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised approval because the 1.2m replacement fence would preserve the listed church’s setting and cause no amenity or highway harm.
- Historic England raised heritage concerns and suggested a brick wall or low wall with railings, while the Town Council supported the application.
- The committee unanimously approved the application subject to standard conditions.
Source: Plota analysis of East Suffolk's committee minutes of 9 Sept 2025.
Documents 14
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 5
Plans & drawings 2
Application forms 1
Site constraints 4
Checked on 1 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 4BW
- Received
- 17 Jul 2025
- Validated
- 23 Jul 2025
- Ward
- Harbour And Normanston
- Parish
- Lowestoft
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 17 Sept 2025
- Decision
- Application Permitted
- Decision date
- 17 Sept 2025
- Decision level
- Committee Decision
- Applicant
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 57 days. Approved, as 94% 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
No public comments yet.
7 neighbours consulted · Last counted 18 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Committee
- 9 Sept 2025
- Statutory expiry
- 17 Sept 2025
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
5 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%).
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