7 - 13 Tower Street King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 1EJ
Refused on 5 February 2025
Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal
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Proposal
Proposed Development Of 9 Flats Including Conversion of Existing to the rear of 7-13 Tower street
- Received
- 14 March 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 23
- Ward
- St. Margarets With St. Nicholas
- ReceivedReceived14 Mar
- ValidatedValidated18 Apr
- Consult.Consultation18 Dec
- TargetTarget Date13 Jun
- DecidedDecided5 Feb
Decided in 659 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application at 7 - 13 Tower Street King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 1EJ. Kings Lynn has handled 4,002 applications of this type. This one was decided in 694 days, 92 weeks longer than Kings Lynn's typical decision time. The site is in the King's Lynn conservation area, with 7 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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Why it was refused
- The style of building fronting Clough Lane, due to its classical design, scale, form, and prominent position within the street scene, would have a negative impact upon the hierarchy of buildings within this area. The overly grand building proposed would be out of keeping with its context and would lead to less than substantial harm to the Conservation Area in which the application site sits. Whilst the benefits of the construction of nine units are noted, it is not considered that the benefits of the proposal in regard to housing supply outweigh the moderate level of less than substantial harm caused to the street scene character and this prominent edge of Conservation Area setting. The proposal is considered at odds with the overarching aims of the NPPF (2024), Policies CS03, CS08 and CS12 of the Core Strategy (2011) and Policy DM15 of the SADMPP (2016).
- The proposed plans do not clearly denote the line of the highway on site and insufficient information is therefore available to ascertain the direct impacts on the nearby public highway. Without such evidence, insufficient information has been submitted to demonstrate the development would not be detrimental to highway safety and as a result the proposal would be contrary to Policies CS11 and DM15 of the Local Plan and paragraph 117 of the NPPF.
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- PE30 1EJ
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Large
- Parish
- King's Lynn
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 April 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 27 December 2023
- Consultation start
- 27 November 2023
- Consultation end
- 18 December 2023
- Neighbour consultation start
- 27 November 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 18 December 2023
- Last date for comments
- 27 December 2023
- Target decision date
- 13 June 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 6 Chapel Street Kings Lynn Norfolk PE30 1EG
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 28 April 2023
- Advertisement expiry
- 21 May 2023
- Site notice start
- 27 November 2023
- Site notice end
- 27 December 2023
Appeal
- Appeal reference
- 25/00025/REF
- Appeal status
- Dismissed
- Appeal result
- Appeal Dismissed
Appeal history
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12007398
- Documents
- 120
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Kings Lynn Conservation Area
- Article 4 direction: Kings Lynn Conservation Area
- 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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