Guist Post Office and Shop Norwich Road NR20 5AJ

3PL/2014/0026/FFullApproved

Approved on 5 March 2014

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Proposed extension and alterations to Post Office and shop

Received: 10 January 2014
Council: Breckland District Council

ReceivedReceived10 Jan
ValidatedValidated10 Jan
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date7 Mar
DecidedDecided5 Mar

Decided in 54 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Guist Post Office and Shop Norwich Road NR20 5AJ. Breckland has handled 2,146 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days, 12 days longer than Breckland's typical decision time. The site is in the Guist conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,323 applications in total for the NR20 postcode area.

91% of full applications at Breckland District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: NR20 5AJ
Application type: Full
Scale / size: Small
Parish: GUIST

Planning application dates

Date validated: 10 January 2014
Consultation expiry: 5 February 2014
Target decision date: 7 March 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent address: J W M design 23 Litcham Road Mileham Kings Lynn Norfolk PE32 2PS

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 15 January 2014
Advertisement expiry: 5 February 2014

Additional information

Documents: 12

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Conservation area: Guist
Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Wensum SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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Source: Breckland

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