Wightman Fishing Co Ltd Battery Green Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 1DQ

1. 5 Oct 2026

   Received by East Suffolk

2. 11 Oct 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 30 November 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.

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.

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.

• Port Of Lowestoft Waveney Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 1DQ

  DC/26/2423/CLP Submitted 3 Jul 2026 50 yards away

  94% historically approved · decision due ~7 Sep

  Certificate of Lawful Use (Proposed) - Development of approximately 2,500m2 of offices and associated welfare facilities

  Awaiting decision Lawful development 8 docs

• 5 Battery Green Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 1DE

  DC/25/2920/VOC Submitted 25 Jul 2025 100 yards away

  Variation of Condition No.3 of DC/24/2166/FUL - Change of use from Class E Offices to Sui Generis to allow for a 8 bed HMO. No significant external changes will be made as part of the proposed works - The applicant wishes for the condition to be changed due to the specific tenant type being too restrictive on the potential use of the HMO.

  Refused Amendments 13 docs

• 5 Battery Green Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 1DE

  DC/26/0357/VOC Submitted 29 Jan 2026 100 yards away

  Variation of Condition No. 3 of DC/24/2166/FUL - Change of use from Class E Offices to Sui Generis to allow for a 8 bed HMO. No significant external changes will be made as part of the proposed works.

  Granted Amendments 12 docs

• 12 Beach Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 1EA

  DC/24/2368/FUL Submitted 1 Jul 2024 100 yards away

  Change of use of existing property, from class E (hairdressers at ground floor) and class C3 (residential apartment at first and second floor) to 8-bedroom house of multiple occupancy (Sui Generis) (ground, first and second floor)

  Granted Full applications 25 docs

• 12 Beach Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 1EA

  DC/25/3369/VOC Submitted 29 Aug 2025 100 yards away

  Variation of Condition No. 3 of DC/24/2368/FUL - Change of use of existing property, from class E (hairdressers at ground floor) and class C3 (residential apartment at first and second floor) to 8-bedroom house of multiple occupancy (Sui Generis) (ground, first and second floor)

  Granted Amendments 13 docs

• 12 Beach Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 1EA

  DC/25/2563/VOC Submitted 27 Jun 2025 100 yards away

  Variation of Condition No. 3 of DC/24/2368/FUL - Change of use of existing property, from class E (hairdressers at ground floor) and class C3 (residential apartment at first and second floor) to 8-bedroom house of multiple occupancy (Sui Generis) (ground, first and second floor) - Multiple Occupation Circumstances

  Refused Amendments 14 docs

• DC/26/3443/PNH Awaiting decision

  9 Valleyview Drive Rushmere St Andrew Ipswich Suffolk IP4 5UW

  Prior Notification (Householder) - Single storey flat roofed rear extension.

  Received 30 Sep, published by the council 11 Oct 2026 Prior approval
• DC/26/3428/P3Q Awaiting decision

  Bridleway Farm Eyke Road Bromeswell Woodbridge Suffolk IP12 2PJ

  Prior Notification - Change of use of three agricultural buildings to six dwellings

  Received 30 Sep, published by the council 11 Oct 2026 Prior approval
• DC/26/3401/P3Q Awaiting decision

  Unit 2 Red House Farm Halesworth Road Redisham NR34 8NF

  Prior Approval - Change of use of agricultural barn located on the west side of the Red House Farm complex to 6no. residential dwellings

  Received 28 Sep, published by the council 4 Oct 2026 Prior approval
• DC/26/3400/P3Q Awaiting decision

  Red House Farm Halesworth Road Redisham Beccles Suffolk NR34 8NF

  Prior Notification - Change of use of agricultural barn located on the west side of the Red House Farm complex to 1no. residential dwelling.

  Received 28 Sep, published by the council 4 Oct 2026 Prior approval
• DC/26/3383/P3Q Awaiting decision

  Elm Hall Clay Hill Dennington Woodbridge Suffolk IP13 9JQ

  Prior Approval - Agriculture to Dwellings - Change of use and alteration to form a single dwelling.

  Received 25 Sep, published by the council 4 Oct 2026 Prior approval