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King's Lynn Power Station Willow Road Willows Business Park King's Lynn Norfolk PE34 3RD

12/00550/S36Section 36 Electricity Act ConsultationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 18 December 2013

Council decision: No objections to Crown applicationPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Construction and operation of a 2.8km (1.75 miles) 400,000 volt (400kv) overhead electricity transmission line between the proposed King's Lynn B power station and Willows Business Park, Saddlebow, near King's Lynn and the existing 400kV overhead ekectricity transmission line between Norwich main substation and Walpole substation

Received
23 March 2012
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
South And West Lynn
  1. Received23 Mar
  2. Validated23 Mar
  3. Consult.1 May
  4. Target13 Jul
  5. Decided18 Dec

Decided in 635 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at King's Lynn Power Station Willow Road Willows Business Park King's Lynn Norfolk PE34 3RD. Kings Lynn has handled 937 applications of this type. This one was decided in 635 days, 84 weeks longer than Kings Lynn's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across South And West Lynn. We hold 861 applications in total for the PE34 postcode area.

73% of outline applications at King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
PE34 3RD
Application type
Section 36 Electricity Act Consultation
Scale / size
Large
Parish
King's Lynn

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 March 2012
Last date for comments
1 May 2012
Target decision date
13 July 2012
Committee meeting
4 February 2013

Planning decision

Statutory period
112 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
374

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Also checked, none recorded (24)

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Planning history at this site

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    17 Apr

    Sign 1: Free standing single sided totem sign.

    ApprovedAdvertisement consent24/00734/A
  2. 2017
    18 Sep

    Variation of condition 13 of planning permission 11/01806/EXF

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)17/01765/F
  3. 2017
    18 Sep

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 6 AND 12: Conversion of barn complex to 3 No dwellings

    Discharge of Condition final letterDischarge of conditions11/01806/DISC_A
  4. 2015
    13 Nov

    Proposed conversion of barns complex to form two dwellings (part retrospective) - Revised design 08/02725/F

    WithdrawnFull Application15/01852/F
  5. 2015
    28 Jul

    Non-material amendment to planning permission 11/01806/EXF

    RefusedNon-material amendment11/01806/NMA_1
  6. 2015
    18 May

    Prior notification of proposed demolition of dis-used barn

    ApprovedDemolition Prior Notification15/00785/DM

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