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Greyfriars House 5 Tower Place King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 5DF

16/01404/CUChange of Use ApplicationApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 1 November 2016

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Change of use of dental surgery to residential dwelling

Received
1 August 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
St. Margarets With St. Nicholas
  1. Received1 Aug
  2. Validated6 Sep
  3. Consult.28 Oct
  4. Target1 Nov
  5. Decided1 Nov

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Greyfriars House 5 Tower Place King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 5DF. Kings Lynn has handled 568 applications of this type. This one was decided in 92 days, 6 weeks longer than Kings Lynn's typical decision time. The site is in the King's Lynn conservation area, with 16 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.

88% of amendment 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 5DF
Application type
Change of Use Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
King's Lynn

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 September 2016
Consultation expiry
28 October 2016
Consultation start
14 October 2016
Consultation end
28 October 2016
Neighbour consultation start
9 September 2016
Neighbour consultation end
30 September 2016
Last date for comments
28 October 2016
Target decision date
1 November 2016
Permission expires
1 November 2019

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
16 September 2016
Advertisement expiry
7 October 2016
Site notice start
16 September 2016
Site notice end
7 October 2016

Additional information

Documents
23

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Kings Lynn Conservation Area
  • Article 4 direction: Kings Lynn Conservation Area
  • Heritage at Risk Register: King's Lynn
  • Brownfield land register: Tower Place, King's LynnRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

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 and heritage coasts.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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