Planning application
40-44 Gorleston Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 3AQ
Works: Demolition
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Discharge of Condition 20 of DC/21/5672/FUL - Demolition of 40-44 Gorleston Road, and construction of care home (Class C2) with associated highways, landscaping and drainage works - Construction Surface Water Management Plan
As published by the council, reference DC/25/2244/DRC
Application record
- Reference
- DC/25/2244/DRC
- Type
- Approval of Details Reserved by Cond.
- Status
- Permitted
- Decision
- Granted As published: Application Permitted
- Received
- 6 Jun 2025
- Validated
- 6 Jun 2025
- Decided
- 31 Jul 2025
- Ward
- Oulton Broad
- Parish
- Oulton Broad
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- NR32 3AQ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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6 Jun 2025
Received by East Suffolk
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31 Jul 2025
Decision issued: Application Permitted
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2 Aug 2026
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East Suffolk granted permission on 31 July 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.
About condition discharge and variation applications
This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.
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