Caister Castle Castle Lane West Caister Norfolk NR30 5SN
Approved on 30 March 2026
Council decision: Approve Subject to Conditions
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Proposal
Installation of 184 panel ground mounted PV solar array
- Received
- 1 December 2025
- Public comments
- 5
- Council
- Broads
- Ward
- Caister South Ward
- ReceivedReceived1 Dec
- ValidatedValidated2 Dec
- Consult.Consultation4 Mar
- TargetTarget Date27 Jan
- DecidedDecided30 Mar
Decided in 118 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Caister Castle Castle Lane West Caister Norfolk NR30 5SN. Broads has handled 431 applications of this type. This one was decided in 119 days, 11 weeks longer than Broads's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 2 applications across Caister South Ward. We hold 740 applications in total for the NR30 postcode area.
95% of full applications at Broads were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- NR30 5SN
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- West Caister Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 4 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 25 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 4 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 27 January 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- The Old Grainstore Shipdham Road Carbrooke Norfolk IP25 6ST
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 19 January 2026
- Site notice end
- 9 February 2026
Additional information
- Documents
- 23
- Constraints
- 13
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Article 4 direction: Article 4 Direction - Houses in Multiple Occupation Great YarmouthPart of the site
- National park: The BroadsPart of the site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, conservation 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, nutrient neutrality catchments, 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: Broads
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