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Customs House Purfleet Quay King's Lynn Norfolk

25/01326/LBListed Building ApplicationApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 11 December 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)8 conditions

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Proposal

Listed Building Application: Internal and external alterations and repair works.

Received
12 August 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
7
Ward
St. Margarets With St. Nicholas
  1. Received12 Aug
  2. Validated12 Aug
  3. Consult.9 Dec
  4. Target7 Oct
  5. Decided11 Dec

Decided in 121 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Customs House Purfleet Quay King's Lynn Norfolk. Kings Lynn has handled 553 applications of this type. This one was decided in 121 days, 10 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 have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 130 applications across St. Margarets With St. Nicholas.

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

Application type
Listed Building Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
King's Lynn

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 August 2025
Consultation expiry
16 December 2025
Consultation start
18 November 2025
Consultation end
9 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start
18 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
16 December 2025
Last date for comments
16 December 2025
Target decision date
7 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Joe Player Suite 5 Bingham Enterprise Centre Mercia Court Bingham NG13 8QX United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
20 August 2025
Advertisement expiry
11 September 2025
Site notice start
20 August 2025
Site notice end
18 September 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14205087
Documents
81

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
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 I: Customs House including north bank of Purfleet QuayOn or next to this site · +3 more
  • Article 4 direction: Kings Lynn Conservation Area
  • Heritage at Risk Register: King's Lynn
  • Brownfield land register: 1 King Street, King's LynnRegister site at or near this address
Also checked, none recorded (19)

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 and heritage coasts.

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