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47 London Road South Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 0AS

Refused East Suffolk DC/25/1495/FUL Full Application

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Change of use from 7 bedroom residential dwelling (use class C3) to 6 bedroom HMO (Use class C4)

As published by the council, reference DC/25/1495/FUL

Application record

Reference
DC/25/1495/FUL
Type
Full Application
Status
Refused
Decision
Refused As published: Application Refused
Received
7 Apr 2025
Validated
7 Apr 2025
Decided
30 Jun 2025
Ward
Kirkley And Pakefield
Parish
Lowestoft
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
NR33 0AS

Site history

Applications at this address on the East Suffolk register

This site has had 3 applications since 2024: 1 approved, 2 refused.

  • DC/25/0813/FUL Granted

    47 London Road South Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 0AS

    Demolition of front boundary wall, proposed dropped Kerb and new driveway to frontage of existing dwelling.

    Decided 15 May 2025 Full applications
  • DC/24/2147/FUL Refused

    47 London Road South Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 0AS

    Change of use from residential dwelling (Class C3) to 8 bedroom House of Multiple Occupancy (Sui Generis)

    Decided 10 Sep 2024 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 7 Apr 2025

    Received by East Suffolk

  2. 30 Jun 2025

    Decision issued: Application Refused

  3. 22 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Principle Design Agent, a design practice

27 applications on PlanIndex · across 9 councils · 83% granted

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Documents

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

40 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

East Suffolk refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About full applications

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