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264 Gorleston Road Oulton Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 3AJ

Refused East Suffolk DC/25/2706/CLE Lawful Development Certificate(Existing)

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

Proposal

Certificate of Lawful Use (Existing) - The reason for the certificate of lawfulness is to get confirmation that the building to the rear of the garden of No 264 Gorleston Road is a separate dwelling and this could be separated in ownership from that of 264 Gorleston Road

As published by the council, reference DC/25/2706/CLE

Application record

Reference
DC/25/2706/CLE
Type
Lawful Development Certificate(Existing)
Status
Refused
Decision
Application Refused
Received
9 Jul 2025
Validated
10 Jul 2025
Decided
23 Sep 2025
Ward
Oulton Broad
Parish
Oulton
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
NR32 3AJ

Site history

Applications at this address on the East Suffolk register

This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 1 refused.

  • DC/25/4967/CLE Granted

    264 Gorleston Road Oulton Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 3AJ

    Certificate of Lawful Use (Existing) - The reason for the Certificate of Lawfulness is to get confirmation that the building to the rear of the garden of No. 264 Gorleston Road is a separate dwelling, and this could be separated in ownership from that of 264 Gorleston Road.

    Decided 23 Feb 2026 Lawful development

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 9 Jul 2025

    Received by East Suffolk

  2. 10 Jul 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 23 Sep 2025

    Decision issued: Application Refused

  4. 2 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

7 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 lawful development applications

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.

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  • 264 Gorleston Road Oulton Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 3AJ

    DC/25/4967/CLE Submitted 23 Dec 2025 1m away

    Certificate of Lawful Use (Existing) - The reason for the Certificate of Lawfulness is to get confirmation that the building to the rear of the garden of No. 264 Gorleston Road is a separate dwelling, and this could be separated in ownership from that of 264 Gorleston Road.

    Granted Lawful development 9 docs
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