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Greyfriars Tower St James Street King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 5BZ

2/03/2023/LBListed Building ApplicationApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 15 March 2004

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Re-siting of entrance gates

Received
10 October 2003
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St. Margarets With St. Nicholas
  1. Received10 Oct
  2. Validated10 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided15 Mar

Decided in 157 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Greyfriars Tower St James Street King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 5BZ. Kings Lynn has handled 553 applications of this type. This one was decided in 157 days, 15 weeks longer than Kings Lynn's typical decision time. The site is in the King's Lynn conservation area, with 9 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.

95% of heritage 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 5BZ
Application type
Listed Building Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
King's Lynn

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 October 2003
Permission expires
15 March 2007

Applicant and agent

Agent address
New Farm Barn Beachamwell Norfolk PE37 8BE

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
37

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)Next to the site
  • Conservation area: Kings Lynn Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade I: Greyfriars Tower in Tower GardensOn this site · +3 more
  • Article 4 direction: Kings Lynn Conservation Area
  • Scheduled monument: Greyfriars TowerPart of the site
  • Heritage at Risk Register: King's Lynn
  • Brownfield land register: 25 Tower Place King's LynnRegister site at or near this address
Also checked, none recorded (18)

flood storage areas, tree preservation orders, green belt, 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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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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