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Limes House Purfleet Street King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 1ER

15/01709/FMFull Application - Major DevelopmentApproved
Full

Approved on 5 February 2016

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Proposed change of use for development of 17 flats at the first and second floor with bin and cycle store at ground floor. Creation of roof terrace and retention of existing occupied office/retail space at ground floor

Received
23 October 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
St. Margarets With St. Nicholas
  1. Received23 Oct
  2. Validated11 Nov
  3. Consult.4 Dec
  4. Target10 Feb
  5. Decided5 Feb

Decided in 86 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Limes House Purfleet Street King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 1ER. Kings Lynn has handled 4,002 applications of this type. This one was decided in 105 days, 8 weeks longer than Kings Lynn's typical decision time. The site is in the King's Lynn conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 133 applications across St. Margarets With St. Nicholas. We hold 1,702 applications in total for the PE30 postcode area.

90% of full 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
PE30 1ER
Application type
Full Application - Major Development
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
17
Parish
King's Lynn

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 November 2015
Consultation expiry
15 December 2015
Consultation start
13 November 2015
Consultation end
4 December 2015
Neighbour consultation start
12 November 2015
Neighbour consultation end
3 December 2015
Last date for comments
15 December 2015
Target decision date
10 February 2016
Permission expires
5 February 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Sandpiper House Leete Way West Winch King's Lynn Norfolk PE33 0ST

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
20 November 2015
Advertisement expiry
11 December 2015
Site notice start
24 November 2015
Site notice end
15 December 2015

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04541078
Documents
42

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Kings Lynn Conservation Area
  • Article 4 direction: Kings Lynn Conservation Area
  • Heritage at Risk Register: King's Lynn
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.

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    22 Jan

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    Discharge of Condition final letterDischarge of conditions18/01643/DISC_A
  2. 2018
    12 Sep

    VARIATION OF CONDITIONS 2 AND 7 of planning permission 15/01709/FM

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)18/01643/F
  3. 2015
    23 Oct

    Proposed change of use for development of 17 flats at the first and second floor with bin and cycle store at…

    This applicationApprovedFull15/01709/FM

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