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Birds Eye Ltd Whapload Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 1XQ

Granted East Suffolk DC/26/2115/FUL Full Application

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Installation of a water storage tank and pump room as part of an automatic sprinkler system for fire suppression in the Denes 1 factory on the Birds Eye site in Lowestoft.

As published by the council, reference DC/26/2115/FUL

Application record

Reference
DC/26/2115/FUL
Type
Full Application
Status
Permitted
Decision
Granted As published: Application Permitted
Received
9 Jun 2026
Validated
25 Jun 2026
Decided
16 Sep 2026
Ward
Harbour And Normanston
Parish
Lowestoft
Decision by
Committee Decision
Postcode
NR32 1XQ

Site history

Applications at this address on the East Suffolk register

This site has had 3 applications since 2021: 3 approved, 0 refused.

  • DC/26/2507/CLP Granted

    Birds Eye Ltd Whapload Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 1XQ

    Certificate of Lawful Use (Proposed) - Building of a new extension to the existing Denes 3 factory. This building is to house a new goods lift only.

    Decided 18 Aug 2026 Lawful development
  • DC/21/4664/FUL Granted

    Birds Eye Ltd Whapload Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 1XQ

    Re-roof part of our production building (Denes 2). This will require the removal of asbestos roofing system & replace with composite roofing

    Decided 23 Dec 2021 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 9 Jun 2026

    Received by East Suffolk

  2. 25 Jun 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 27 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. 16 Sep 2026

    Decision issued: Application Permitted

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Birds Eye Ltd Agent, registered in Woking

Active · incorporated 1938 · Woking

1 application on PlanIndex

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Documents

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

14 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

East Suffolk granted permission on 16 September 2026, 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 full applications

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  • Birds Eye Ltd Whapload Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 1XQ

    DC/26/2507/CLP Submitted 14 Jul 2026 50 yards away

    Certificate of Lawful Use (Proposed) - Building of a new extension to the existing Denes 3 factory. This building is to house a new goods lift only.

    Granted Lawful development Extension 7 docs

  • Birds Eye Ltd Whapload Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 1XQ

    DC/21/4664/FUL Submitted 8 Oct 2021 50 yards away

    Re-roof part of our production building (Denes 2). This will require the removal of asbestos roofing system & replace with composite roofing

    Granted Full applications Roofing 10 docs

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    Granted Advertising 6 docs

  • Birds Eye Ltd Whapload Road Lowestoft NR32 1XQ

    DC/20/1173/FUL Submitted 16 Mar 2020 250 yards away

    This proposal seeks planning permission to remove the existing horizontal vessel and install an insulated vertical Co2 Vessel adjacent to the South West elevation of Denes 4 production building.

    Granted Full applications 16 docs

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    Refused Full applications 14 docs

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    Granted Full applications Extension 21 docs
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