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St Margarets House Gordon Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 1JQ

Granted East Suffolk DC/25/0865/FUL Full Application

Works: New dwelling Loft or dormer Windows or glazing

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Conversion of existing office space Part Ground Floor, First and Second Floors into residential apartments (office space at ground to remain in part of the building), including insertion of dormer windows on rear second floor level

As published by the council, reference DC/25/0865/FUL

Application record

Reference
DC/25/0865/FUL
Type
Full Application
Status
Permitted
Decision
Granted As published: Application Permitted
Received
3 Mar 2025
Validated
10 Mar 2025
Decided
5 Jun 2025
Ward
Harbour And Normanston
Parish
Lowestoft
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
NR32 1JQ

Site history

Applications at this address on the East Suffolk register

This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • DC/25/0869/LBC Granted

    St Margarets House Gordon Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 1JQ

    Listed Building Consent - Conversion of existing office space Part Ground Floor, First and Second Floors into residential apartments (office space at ground to remain in part of the building), including insertion of dormer windows on rear second floor level

    Decided 5 Jun 2025 Heritage and listed buildings

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 3 Mar 2025

    Received by East Suffolk

  2. 10 Mar 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 5 Jun 2025

    Decision issued: Application Permitted

  4. 27 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

22 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

East Suffolk granted permission on 5 June 2025, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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  • St Margarets House Gordon Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 1JQ

    DC/25/0869/LBC Submitted 3 Mar 2025 50 yards away

    Listed Building Consent - Conversion of existing office space Part Ground Floor, First and Second Floors into residential apartments (office space at ground to remain in part of the building), including insertion of dormer windows on rear second floor level

    Granted Heritage and listed buildings New dwelling Loft or dormer +1 19 docs
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    Granted Amendments New dwelling 9 docs
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    DC/24/2324/FUL Submitted 26 Jun 2024 100 yards away

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