Planning application
Battery Green Car Park And Surrounding Land Marina Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 1HA
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
New cultural building consisting of single and two storey elements, containing multi use hall, lobby, cafe, studio spaces, creative hub, plant areas, and first floor multi use space. Construction of restaurant building. Creation of new plazas and public realm, new soft and hard landscaping with external lighting scheme to create new linkages. Retention of Marina Centre as constructed. Realignment of Marina Road. New public toilets and changing area
As published by the council, reference DC/26/2118/RG3
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/2118/RG3
- Type
- Deemed Council Development
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 9 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 10 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Harbour And Normanston
- Parish
- Lowestoft
- Postcode
- NR32 1HA
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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9 Jun 2026
Received by East Suffolk
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10 Jun 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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2 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 5 August 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
54 documents on file for this application
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This application is with East Suffolk for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year East Suffolk's median decision took 53 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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