Planning application
Birds Eye Ltd Whapload Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 1XQ
Works: Extension
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
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.
As published by the council, reference DC/26/2507/CLP
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/2507/CLP
- Type
- Lawful Development Certificate(Proposed)
- Status
- Permitted
- Decision
- Application Permitted
- Received
- 14 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 15 Jul 2026
- Decided
- 18 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Harbour And Normanston
- Parish
- Lowestoft
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- NR32 1XQ
Site history
Applications at this address on the East Suffolk register
This site has had 3 applications since 2021: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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DC/26/2115/FUL Awaiting decision
Birds Eye Ltd Whapload Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 1XQ
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.
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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
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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14 Jul 2026
Received by East Suffolk
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15 Jul 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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27 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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18 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Application Permitted
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
7 documents on file for this application
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Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
East Suffolk granted permission on 18 August 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 lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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Birds Eye Ltd Whapload Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 1XQ
93% historically approved · decision due ~20 Aug
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.
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