Land West of Knights Hill Village Grimston Road South Wootton Norfolk

25/00792/FFull ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 10 November 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)47 conditions

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Proposal

Variation of condition 6 attached to planning permission 16/02231/OM and variation of conditions 1, 23 and 25 of planning permission 22/01310/RMM: Residential development of the land to provide up to 600 dwellings, incorporating affordable housing, together with a local centre for uses A1, A2, A3 and/or A5 (600m2) with the total quantum of A1 net sales area not to exceed 279m2 in the alternative, D2 community floorspace (up to 500m2), open space, formal sport pitches, a car park to serve Reffley Wood and associated development to include substations, drainage features, roads, cycle and pedestrian paths and other such works.

Received: 12 May 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 9
Council: King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council
Ward: The Woottons

ReceivedReceived12 May
ValidatedValidated2 Jun
Consult.Consultation16 Oct
TargetTarget Date1 Sep
DecidedDecided10 Nov

Decided in 161 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land West of Knights Hill Village Grimston Road South Wootton Norfolk. Kings Lynn has handled 4,002 applications of this type. This one was decided in 182 days, 19 weeks longer than Kings Lynn's typical decision time. There have been 14 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across The Woottons.

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

Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Large
Number of dwellings: 600
Parish: Castle Rising

Planning application dates

Date validated: 2 June 2025
Consultation expiry: 16 October 2025
Consultation start: 25 September 2025
Consultation end: 16 October 2025
Neighbour consultation start: 25 September 2025
Neighbour consultation end: 16 October 2025
Last date for comments: 16 October 2025
Target decision date: 1 September 2025
Permission expires: 10 November 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Mr John Mason Carter Jonas One Station Square Cambridge CB12GA

Planning decision

Statutory period: 91 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 11 June 2025
Advertisement expiry: 2 July 2025
Site notice start: 9 June 2025
Site notice end: 7 July 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13981583
Documents: 99

Site constraints

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Tree Preservation Order: 2/TPO/00528Protected tree on or next to this site
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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