Planning application
5 Battery Green Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 1DE
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Variation of Condition No.3 of DC/24/2166/FUL - Change of use from Class E Offices to Sui Generis to allow for a 8 bed HMO. No significant external changes will be made as part of the proposed works - The applicant wishes for the condition to be changed due to the specific tenant type being too restrictive on the potential use of the HMO.
As published by the council, reference DC/25/2920/VOC
Application record
- Reference
- DC/25/2920/VOC
- Type
- Variation of Conditions
- Status
- Refused
- Decision
- Application Refused
- Received
- 25 Jul 2025
- Validated
- 25 Jul 2025
- Decided
- 17 Sep 2025
- Ward
- Harbour And Normanston
- Parish
- Lowestoft
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- NR32 1DE
Site history
Applications at this address on the East Suffolk register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 1 refused.
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DC/26/0357/VOC Granted
5 Battery Green Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 1DE
Variation of Condition No. 3 of DC/24/2166/FUL - Change of use from Class E Offices to Sui Generis to allow for a 8 bed HMO. No significant external changes will be made as part of the proposed works.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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25 Jul 2025
Received by East Suffolk
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17 Sep 2025
Decision issued: Application Refused
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2 Aug 2026
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True Blue Architecture Ltd Agent, an architecture practice registered in Oxford
Active · incorporated 2022 · Oxford
7 applications on PlanIndex · across 4 councils
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13 documents on file for this application
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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.
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5 Battery Green Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 1DE
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Granted Amendments 12 docs -
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