8 Market Place Downham Market Norfolk PE38 9DG
Approved on 7 November 2025
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Application for listed building consent for alterations to shop front (signage and painting)
- Received
- 12 May 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Ward
- Downham Old Town
- ReceivedReceived12 May
- ValidatedValidated12 May
- Consult.Consultation27 Aug
- TargetTarget Date7 Jul
- DecidedDecided7 Nov
Decided in 179 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a heritage application for signage at 8 Market Place Downham Market Norfolk PE38 9DG. Kings Lynn has handled 553 applications of this type. This one was decided in 179 days, 19 weeks longer than Kings Lynn's typical decision time. The site is in the Downham Market conservation area, with 20 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.
95% of heritage 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 9DG
- Application type
- Listed Building Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Downham Market
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 May 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 27 August 2025
- Consultation start
- 6 August 2025
- Consultation end
- 27 August 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 6 August 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 27 August 2025
- Last date for comments
- 27 August 2025
- Target decision date
- 7 July 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Mr Shane Reeve 3 Melford Close Kings Lynn PE30 3XH United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 21 May 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 12 June 2025
- Site notice start
- 13 May 2025
- Site notice end
- 11 June 2025
Additional information
- Documents
- 22
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Downham Market Conservation Area
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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.
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Source: Kings Lynn
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