Land At Nightingale Lane Downham Market Norfolk PE38 9FD

16/01322/OMOutline Application - Major DevelopmentRefused

Outline / PiP

Refused on 3 April 2017

Council decision: Application RefusedPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Outline Application: up to 300 dwellings and associated infrastructure and access

Received: 13 July 2016
Decision level: Planning committee
Public comments: 61
Council: King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council
Ward: South Downham

ReceivedReceived13 Jul
ValidatedValidated22 Jul
Consult.Consultation2 Feb
TargetTarget Date21 Oct
DecidedDecided3 Apr

Decided in 255 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land At Nightingale Lane Downham Market Norfolk PE38 9FD. Kings Lynn has handled 937 applications of this type. This one was decided in 264 days, 31 weeks longer than Kings Lynn's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 13 applications across South Downham. We hold 569 applications in total for the PE38 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: PE38 9FD
Application type: Outline Application - Major Development
Scale / size: Large
Number of dwellings: 300
Parish: Downham Market

Planning application dates

Date validated: 22 July 2016
Consultation expiry: 14 February 2017
Consultation start: 12 January 2017
Consultation end: 2 February 2017
Neighbour consultation start: 23 March 2017
Neighbour consultation end: 2 February 2017
Last date for comments: 14 February 2017
Target decision date: 21 October 2016
Committee meeting: 3 April 2017
Decision issued: 7 April 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 18 Redwood Burnham Buckinghamshire SL1 8JN

Planning decision

Statutory period: 91 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 20 January 2017
Advertisement expiry: 10 February 2017
Site notice start: 24 January 2017
Site notice end: 14 February 2017

Appeal

Appeal status: Allowed
Appeal result: Appeal Allowed

Additional information

Documents: 293

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Tree Preservation Order: 2/TPO/00685Part of the site · +22 more
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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.

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