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Agricultural Building Docking Road Bircham Newton Norfolk

25/02122/FFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 17 March 2026

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Proposal

Application for four detached dwellings following the demolition of an existing barn which has prior approval for conversion to 5 dwellings under 24/00276/PACU3

Received
19 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
7
Ward
Bircham With Rudhams
  1. Received19 Dec
  2. Validated22 Jan
  3. Consult.16 Mar
  4. Target19 Mar
  5. Decided17 Mar

Decided in 54 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Agricultural Building Docking Road Bircham Newton Norfolk. Kings Lynn has handled 4,002 applications of this type. This one was decided in 88 days, 6 weeks longer than Kings Lynn's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 53 applications across Bircham With Rudhams.

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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Why it was refused

  1. The site lies outside of a settlement where development is restricted to that identified as sustainable in rural areas. The development would result in the domestication of this rural location, eroding the character of the existing agricultural landscape and would thereby constitute the inappropriate development of land in the countryside. While there is a fallback position as a result of the extant consent 24/00276/PACU3, this is afforded limited weight, by reason of the limited time remaining to implement this fallback consent and the difference in its character and appearance compared with the current application. As such, the fallback consent would not outweigh the current policy stance. As a result, the scheme is contrary to the overarching aims of Policies LP01 and LP02 and the detailed considerations of Policies LP18 and LP21 of the Local Plan (2021-2040).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bircham

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 January 2026
Consultation expiry
16 March 2026
Consultation start
23 February 2026
Consultation end
16 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
27 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
24 February 2026
Last date for comments
16 March 2026
Target decision date
19 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Jon Jennings Scarletts Business Park Padlock Road, West Wratting Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB21 5LS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
27 January 2026
Site notice end
24 February 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14447800
Documents
48

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation 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

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.

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