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Agricultural Building E573711 N334879 Docking Road Fring Norfolk

26/00002/PACU5PA Part 3Refused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 7 April 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval - Refused

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

PRIOR APPROVAL: Change of use of agricultural stores to use as Padel venue (Schedule 2, Part 3, Class R)

Received
16 February 2026
Public comments
4
Ward
Heacham
  1. Received16 Feb
  2. Validated16 Feb
  3. Consult.18 Mar
  4. Target13 Apr
  5. Decided7 Apr

Decided in 50 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Agricultural Building E573711 N334879 Docking Road Fring Norfolk. Kings Lynn has handled 937 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days. The site is in the Fring conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 46 applications across Heacham.

73% of outline 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
PA Part 3
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Fring (VACANT)

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 February 2026
Consultation expiry
18 March 2026
Consultation start
18 February 2026
Consultation end
18 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
18 March 2026
Last date for comments
18 March 2026
Target decision date
13 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Fergus Bootman Bankside 300 Broadland Business Park Norwich NR7 0LB United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Publicity

Site notice start
18 February 2026
Site notice end
18 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14706641
Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Next to the site
  • Conservation area: Fring Conservation Area
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.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: Kings Lynn

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