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Former Palmers Store 37-39 Market Place Great Yarmouth NR30 1LX

06/24/0908/PADPrior ApprovalApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 27 February 2025

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

Proposal

Application to determine if Prior Approval if required for the proposed installation of solar PV panels to an area of flat roof at the rear of the building.

Received
22 November 2024
  1. Received22 Nov
  2. Validated9 Dec
  3. Consult.24 Feb
  4. Target11 Mar
  5. Decided27 Feb

Decided in 80 days (council typically 77)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Former Palmers Store 37-39 Market Place Great Yarmouth NR30 1LX. Great Yarmouth has handled 127 applications of this type. This one was decided in 97 days, 3 weeks longer than Great Yarmouth's typical decision time. The site is in the Market Place, Rows and North Quay conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 740 applications in total for the NR30 postcode area.

77% of outline 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
NR30 1LX
Application type
Prior Approval
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
GY Central/Northgate

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 December 2024
Neighbour consultation start
3 February 2025
Last date for comments
24 February 2025
Target decision date
11 March 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
J Irwin Chaplin Farrant Ltd 51 Yarmouth Road Norwich NR7 0ET

Planning decision

Statutory period
92 days

Additional information

Documents
18

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: No.2 Market Place, Rows & North Quay
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Direction - Houses in Multiple Occupation Great Yarmouth+1 more
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Market Place, Rows and North Quay
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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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