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Main Road Brancaster Staithe Norfolk PE31 8BP

25/00205/S37S37 Electricity Act 1989Approved

Approved on 6 May 2025

Council decision: No CommentsOther eg County Matters

Proposal

CONSULTATION UNDER S37 OF THE ELECTRICITY ACT 1989: Dismantle the existing high voltage overhead lines (shown highlighted yellow on the attached plan) and divert them to a new position within the highway verge (shown highlighted pink on the attached plan)

Received
5 February 2025
Decision level
Other eg County Matters
Public comments
4
Ward
Brancaster
  1. Received5 Feb
  2. Validated5 Feb
  3. Consult.3 Mar
  4. Target7 May
  5. Decided6 May

Decided in 90 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application at Main Road Brancaster Staithe Norfolk PE31 8BP. Kings Lynn has handled 53 applications of this type. This one was decided in 90 days, 6 weeks longer than Kings Lynn's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 116 applications across Brancaster. We hold 1,188 applications in total for the PE31 postcode area.

92% of all 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
PE31 8BP
Application type
S37 Electricity Act 1989
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Brancaster

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 February 2025
Consultation expiry
10 March 2025
Consultation start
10 February 2025
Consultation end
3 March 2025
Neighbour consultation start
10 February 2025
Neighbour consultation end
10 March 2025
Last date for comments
10 March 2025
Target decision date
7 May 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • National Landscape (AONB): Norfolk Coast
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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, 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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