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Heath Farm Poultry Farm Blanks Close (off Market Lane) Filby Great Yarmouth NR29 3ST

06/24/0296/FFullApproved

Approved on 4 July 2025

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

Proposal

Change of use of former poultry rearing facility and agricultural land to provide an animal sanctuary, wildlife rescue and welfare centre (Sui Generis use) comprising use of the poultry shed building for animal treatment and rehabilitation, and the erection of ancillary outbuildings.

Received
20 April 2024
  1. Received20 Apr
  2. Validated19 Mar
  3. Consult.24 Jun
  4. Target4 Jul
  5. Decided4 Jul

Decided in 107 days (council typically 77)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Heath Farm Poultry Farm Blanks Close (off Market Lane) Filby Great Yarmouth NR29 3ST. Great Yarmouth has handled 1,927 applications of this type. This one was decided in 440 days, 52 weeks longer than Great Yarmouth's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 2,036 applications in total for the NR29 postcode area.

87% of full applications at Great Yarmouth Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 11 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
NR29 3ST
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Filby

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 March 2025
Consultation expiry
7 June 2025
Neighbour consultation start
24 June 2025
Last date for comments
24 June 2025
Target decision date
4 July 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Andrew Middleton 23, Regent Street Gt Yarmouth NR30 1RL

Planning decision

Statutory period
107 days

Publicity

Last advertised
16 May 2025
Advertisement expiry
7 June 2025

Additional information

Documents
36

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Direction - Houses in Multiple Occupation Great Yarmouth
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, 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 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Great Yarmouth

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