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The Dial House 12 Railway Road Downham Market Norfolk PE38 9EB

23/01615/CUChange of Use ApplicationApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 1 March 2024

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Following temporary consent 22/00488/CU (expiring 12 October 2023), this application seeks permanent consent for operating a coffee/breakfast/lunch service as an ancillary service to the B&B for up to 12 guests, both B&B guests and pedestrian passersby. The proposal does not involve any development work or physical alterations to the property

Received
6 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
112
Ward
Downham Old Town
  1. Received6 Sep
  2. Validated6 Sep
  3. Consult.9 Oct
  4. Target1 Nov
  5. Decided1 Mar

Decided in 177 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at The Dial House 12 Railway Road Downham Market Norfolk PE38 9EB. Kings Lynn has handled 568 applications of this type. This one was decided in 177 days, 18 weeks longer than Kings Lynn's typical decision time. The site is in the Downham Market conservation area, with 6 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. We hold 569 applications in total for the PE38 postcode area.

88% of amendment 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
PE38 9EB
Application type
Change of Use Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Downham Market

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 September 2023
Consultation expiry
16 October 2023
Consultation start
18 September 2023
Consultation end
9 October 2023
Neighbour consultation start
18 September 2023
Neighbour consultation end
16 October 2023
Last date for comments
16 October 2023
Target decision date
1 November 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
22 September 2023
Advertisement expiry
13 October 2023
Site notice start
18 September 2023
Site notice end
16 October 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12417579
Documents
31

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    29 Sep

    VARIATION OF CONDITION 3 AND REMOVAL OF CONDITIONS 6 AND 7 OF PLANNING PERMISSION 23/01615/CU

    PendingVariation of conditions (s73)26/01583/F
  2. 2023
    6 Sep

    Following temporary consent 22/00488/CU

    This applicationApprovedAmendment23/01615/CU

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