Wissington Sugar Factory College Road Wissington Wereham Norfolk PE33 9QG

23/01600/FFull ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 9 January 2024

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Sugar extraction debottlenecking process/equipment.

Received: 1 September 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 3
Council: King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council
Ward: Methwold

ReceivedReceived1 Sep
ValidatedValidated1 Sep
Consult.Consultation9 Oct
TargetTarget Date27 Oct
DecidedDecided9 Jan

Decided in 130 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Wissington Sugar Factory College Road Wissington Wereham Norfolk PE33 9QG. Kings Lynn has handled 4,002 applications of this type. This one was decided in 130 days, 12 weeks longer than Kings Lynn's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 42 applications across Methwold. We hold 457 applications in total for the PE33 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: PE33 9QG
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Methwold

Planning application dates

Date validated: 1 September 2023
Consultation expiry: 16 October 2023
Consultation start: 18 September 2023
Consultation end: 9 October 2023
Last date for comments: 16 October 2023
Target decision date: 27 October 2023
Permission expires: 9 January 2027

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 18 September 2023
Site notice end: 16 October 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12325250
Documents: 33

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation 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, 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.

Source: Kings Lynn

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