Land West of Former Methodist Church Bridge Street Downham Market Norfolk
Refused on 5 February 2024
Council decision: Application RefusedPlanning committee
Proposal
Proposed new residential dwelling
- Received
- 4 August 2023
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Public comments
- 11
- Ward
- Downham Old Town
- ReceivedReceived4 Aug
- ValidatedValidated5 Sep
- Consult.Consultation11 Dec
- TargetTarget Date31 Oct
- DecidedDecided5 Feb
Decided in 153 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Land West of Former Methodist Church Bridge Street Downham Market Norfolk. Kings Lynn has handled 4,002 applications of this type. This one was decided in 185 days, 19 weeks longer than Kings Lynn's typical decision time. The site is in the Downham Market conservation area, with 16 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Downham Old Town.
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
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Downham Market
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 5 September 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 11 December 2023
- Consultation start
- 20 November 2023
- Consultation end
- 11 December 2023
- Neighbour consultation start
- 24 January 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 11 December 2023
- Last date for comments
- 11 December 2023
- Target decision date
- 31 October 2023
- Committee meeting
- 5 February 2024
- Decision issued
- 8 February 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Suite 45 Enterprise Works Bergen Way North Lynn Industrial Estate King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 3JG
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 8 September 2023
- Advertisement expiry
- 29 September 2023
- Site notice start
- 5 September 2023
- Site notice end
- 3 October 2023
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12347947
- Documents
- 42
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Downham Market Conservation Area
- Listed building: Grade II: Former Methodist Church and Sunday School Adjoining, SouthOn or next to this site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, 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, 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.
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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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.
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