Guildhall of St George 1 St Georges Courtyard And 29 King Street King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 1EU

24/01188/FFull ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 8 October 2024

Council decision: Application PermittedPlanning committee

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Proposal

Internal and external restoration and refurbishment works to existing buildings, including internal and external demolition, reconfiguration and rebuilding, minor extension(s), part change of use, associated plant and enclosures and hard and soft landscape works

Received: 24 June 2024
Decision level: Planning committee
Public comments: 21
Council: King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council
Ward: St. Margarets With St. Nicholas

ReceivedReceived24 Jun
ValidatedValidated25 Jun
Consult.Consultation9 Sep
TargetTarget Date20 Aug
DecidedDecided8 Oct

Decided in 105 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Guildhall of St George 1 St Georges Courtyard And 29 King Street King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 1EU. Kings Lynn has handled 4,002 applications of this type. This one was decided in 106 days, 8 weeks longer than Kings Lynn's typical decision time. The site is in the King's Lynn conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 1EU
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Large
Parish: King's Lynn

Planning application dates

Date validated: 25 June 2024
Consultation expiry: 9 September 2024
Consultation start: 25 September 2024
Consultation end: 9 September 2024
Neighbour consultation start: 25 September 2024
Neighbour consultation end: 9 September 2024
Last date for comments: 9 September 2024
Target decision date: 20 August 2024
Committee meeting: 7 October 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Hannah Whitney The Minster Building 21 Mincing Lane London EC3R 7AG

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 12 July 2024
Advertisement expiry: 2 August 2024
Site notice start: 4 July 2024
Site notice end: 1 August 2024

Additional information

Documents: 273

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Conservation area: Kings Lynn Conservation Area
Listed building: Grade II: The Red Barn, Immediately South West of the Guildhall in CourtyardOn or next to this site · +6 more
Article 4 direction: Kings Lynn Conservation Area
Heritage at Risk Register: King's Lynn

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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