Planning application
Former East Suffolk Housing Department Rotterdam Road Depot Rotterdam Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 2EX
Works: Demolition Small domestic
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Prior Notification Demolition - Single storey obsolete and vacant office block and workshop of brick construction - approximate GIA = 1124m2. Building is obsolete and additional site car parking is required for the implementation of the better recycling scheme. Demolition will be down to ground level and a hardstanding area to go over the existing footprint to be used as car parking
As published by the council, reference DC/25/3750/DEM
Application record
- Reference
- DC/25/3750/DEM
- Type
- Prior Notification Demolition
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Prior Approval Granted
- Received
- 1 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 13 Oct 2025
- Decided
- 10 Nov 2025
- Ward
- Harbour And Normanston
- Parish
- Lowestoft
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- NR32 2EX
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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1 Oct 2025
Received by East Suffolk
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13 Oct 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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10 Nov 2025
Decision issued: Prior Approval Granted
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9 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
8 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
East Suffolk granted permission on 10 November 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 prior approval applications
Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.
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