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Home Farm Bircham Road Houghton King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 6ZD

26/00415/FFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 26 May 2026

Council decision: Application Permitted10 conditions

Proposal

Installation of a ground-mounted solar array at Home Farm together with associated works, to serve agricultural and Estate energy needs.

Received
4 March 2026
Ward
Bircham With Rudhams
  1. Received4 Mar
  2. Validated26 Mar
  3. Consult.29 Apr
  4. Target1 Jun
  5. Decided26 May

Decided in 61 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Home Farm Bircham Road Houghton King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 6ZD. Kings Lynn has handled 4,002 applications of this type. This one was decided in 83 days, 5 weeks longer than Kings Lynn's typical decision time. The site is in the New Houghton conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 53 applications across Bircham With Rudhams. We hold 1,193 applications in total for the PE31 postcode area.

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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Application details

Postcode
PE31 6ZD
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Houghton

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 March 2026
Consultation expiry
29 April 2026
Consultation start
30 March 2026
Consultation end
29 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
30 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
29 April 2026
Last date for comments
29 April 2026
Target decision date
1 June 2026

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
8 April 2026
Advertisement expiry
29 April 2026
Site notice start
30 March 2026
Site notice end
29 April 2026

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
34

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
  • Registered park and garden: Houghton Hall
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Wensum SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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.

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