The Old Post Office Walsingham Road Burnham Thorpe Norfolk PE31 8HL
Approved on 17 December 2019
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Proposed loft conversion
- Received
- 10 October 2019
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Ward
- Burnham Market And Docking
- ReceivedReceived10 Oct
- ValidatedValidated11 Oct
- Consult.Consultation1 Nov
- TargetTarget Date6 Dec
- DecidedDecided17 Dec
Decided in 67 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a loft conversion at The Old Post Office Walsingham Road Burnham Thorpe Norfolk PE31 8HL. Kings Lynn has handled 4,002 applications of this type. This one was decided in 68 days, 3 weeks longer than Kings Lynn's typical decision time. The site is in the Burnham Thorpe conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 106 applications across Burnham Market And Docking. We hold 1,188 applications in total for the PE31 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
- PE31 8HL
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Burnham Thorpe
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 11 October 2019
- Consultation expiry
- 8 November 2019
- Consultation start
- 11 October 2019
- Consultation end
- 1 November 2019
- Neighbour consultation start
- 11 October 2019
- Neighbour consultation end
- 1 November 2019
- Last date for comments
- 8 November 2019
- Target decision date
- 6 December 2019
- Permission expires
- 17 December 2022
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Mr J Moulton 23 Litcham Road Mileham King's Lynn PE32 2PS
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 18 October 2019
- Advertisement expiry
- 8 November 2019
- Site notice start
- 11 October 2019
- Site notice end
- 8 November 2019
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-08211860
- Documents
- 29
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: BURNHAM THORPE Conservation Area
- National Landscape (AONB): Norfolk Coast
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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, 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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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Kings Lynn
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