Planning application
39 Gunton Drive Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 4QA
Works: Extension Small domestic
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Replacement side and rear extension, proposed porch and proposed entrance drive widening
As published by the council, reference DC/25/4793/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- DC/25/4793/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 10 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 18 Dec 2025
- Ward
- Gunton And St Margarets
- Parish
- Lowestoft
- Postcode
- NR32 4QA
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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10 Dec 2025
Received by East Suffolk
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18 Dec 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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9 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 12 February 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
East Suffolk took a median of 54 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
10 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with East Suffolk for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year East Suffolk decided full applications in a median of 68 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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