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Downham Market Academy Bexwell Road Downham Market Norfolk PE38 9LL

25/01658/CMCounty Matter ApplicationApproved

Approved on 22 October 2025

Council decision: NO OBJECTION TO NCC APPOther eg County Matters

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

COUNTY MATTERS: Proposed standalone specialist resource base (SRB) with associated parking expansion, cycle storage, relocation of a long-jump pitch, new pedestrian footpath to muster point, and alterations to hard and soft landscaping and associated works

Received
2 October 2025
Decision level
Other eg County Matters
Ward
East Downham
  1. Received2 Oct
  2. Validated2 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target23 Oct
  5. Decided22 Oct

Decided in 20 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application at Downham Market Academy Bexwell Road Downham Market Norfolk PE38 9LL. Kings Lynn has handled 53 applications of this type. This one was decided in 20 days, 4 weeks quicker than Kings Lynn's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 5 applications across East Downham. We hold 569 applications in total for the PE38 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
PE38 9LL
Application type
County Matter Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Downham Market

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 October 2025
Target decision date
23 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Michael Zieja Community And Environmental Services Department Planning Services Floor 6 County Hall Martineau Lane Norwich Norfolk NR1 2SG

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Downham Market Conservation AreaNext to the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage 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, 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.

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

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© 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.

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