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Lords Common Wood Bircham Road Houghton Norfolk

25/02032/NMAM1Non-Material Amendment - Major 1Approved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 16 June 2026

Council decision: Application Permitted

Proposal

NON-MATERIAL AMENDEMENT TO PLANNING CONSENT 25/02032/FM: Proposed mixed-use forestry and sustainable eco-retreat comprising tourist cabin accommodation with associated facilities, landscaping, parking and access. For the amendments to the masterplan to facilitate cabin optimisation and improved guest experience

Received
22 May 2026
Ward
Bircham With Rudhams
  1. Received22 May
  2. Validated22 May
  3. Consult.19 Jun
  4. Target19 Jun
  5. Decided16 Jun

Decided in 25 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Lords Common Wood Bircham Road Houghton Norfolk. Kings Lynn has handled 568 applications of this type. This one was decided in 25 days, 3 weeks quicker than Kings Lynn's typical decision time. The site is in the New Houghton conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 53 applications across Bircham With Rudhams.

88% of amendment 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
Non-Material Amendment - Major 1
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bircham

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 May 2026
Consultation end
19 June 2026
Target decision date
19 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mrs Grace Cook 3rd Floor 45 Albermarle Street Mayfair London W1S 4JL

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14956619
Comments
0
Documents
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: NEW HOUGHTON Conservation Area
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Wensum SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, 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

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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