DVSA Theory Test Centre 26 High Street King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 1BP
Approved on 7 April 2022
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Retention of the Use of Premises for the sitting and administration of computer-based driving theory test exams on behalf of the DVSA
- Received
- 8 February 2022
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- St. Margarets With St. Nicholas
- ReceivedReceived8 Feb
- ValidatedValidated11 Feb
- Consult.Consultation7 Mar
- TargetTarget Date8 Apr
- DecidedDecided7 Apr
Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application at DVSA Theory Test Centre 26 High Street King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 1BP. Kings Lynn has handled 4,002 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 days, 9 days longer than Kings Lynn's typical decision time. The site is in the King's Lynn conservation area, with 5 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 1BP
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- King's Lynn
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 11 February 2022
- Consultation expiry
- 14 March 2022
- Consultation start
- 14 February 2022
- Consultation end
- 7 March 2022
- Neighbour consultation start
- 14 February 2022
- Neighbour consultation end
- 7 March 2022
- Last date for comments
- 14 March 2022
- Target decision date
- 8 April 2022
- Permission expires
- 7 April 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Mr Peter Dines 72 Welbeck Street London
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 18 February 2022
- Advertisement expiry
- 11 March 2022
- Site notice start
- 14 February 2022
- Site notice end
- 14 March 2022
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Kings Lynn Conservation Area
- Article 4 direction: Kings Lynn Conservation AreaPart of the site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)
flood storage areas, 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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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Kings Lynn
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