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Showboat Amusements 30 - 32 Purfleet Street King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 1ER

23/01870/FFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 15 December 2023

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

VARIATION OF CONDITION 2 OF PLANNING CONSENT 22/02189/F ; Conversion of existing vacant 1st and 2nd floors to residential units (4No.), change of use from commercial to residential, ground floor to remain commercial

Received
16 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
St. Margarets With St. Nicholas
  1. Received16 Oct
  2. Validated21 Oct
  3. Consult.14 Nov
  4. Target16 Dec
  5. Decided15 Dec

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Showboat Amusements 30 - 32 Purfleet Street King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 1ER. Kings Lynn has handled 4,002 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 11 days longer than Kings Lynn's typical decision time. The site is in the King's Lynn conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications 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 1ER
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
King's Lynn

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 October 2023
Consultation expiry
24 November 2023
Consultation start
24 October 2023
Consultation end
14 November 2023
Neighbour consultation start
24 October 2023
Neighbour consultation end
21 November 2023
Last date for comments
24 November 2023
Target decision date
16 December 2023
Permission expires
15 December 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr D Chauhan 2 Lower Hare Park London Road, Six Mile Bottom Newmarket CB8 0TS United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
27 October 2023
Advertisement expiry
17 November 2023
Site notice start
27 October 2023
Site notice end
24 November 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12531531
Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Kings Lynn Conservation Area
  • Article 4 direction: Kings Lynn Conservation Area
  • Heritage at Risk Register: King's Lynn
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

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.

Source: Kings Lynn

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