Planning application
12 Squires Walk Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 4LA
Works: Extension Loft or dormer Windows or glazing 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
Prior Approval (Larger Home Extension) - Brick built single storey rear extension. Pitched tiled roof with velux windows. 4m wide bifoldingdoors. Extension to house kitchen, utility room, home office, living and dining area.
As published by the council, reference DC/26/1467/PNH
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/1467/PNH
- Type
- Prior Approval Larger Home Extension
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 20 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 24 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Gunton And St Margarets
- Parish
- Lowestoft
- Postcode
- NR32 4LA
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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20 Apr 2026
Received by East Suffolk
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24 Apr 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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24 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 19 June 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 53 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
4 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
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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 prior approval applications in a median of 41 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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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