Village Farm Rudham Road Houghton King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 6ZE
Approved on 12 May 2026
Council decision: Prior Approval - Not Required
Proposal
SCHEDULE 2, PART 14, CLASS J for proposed installation of solar array on roof of cattle shed
- Received
- 4 March 2026
- Ward
- Bircham With Rudhams
- ReceivedReceived4 Mar
- ValidatedValidated26 Mar
- Consult.Consultation29 Apr
- TargetTarget Date21 May
- DecidedDecided12 May
Decided in 47 days
About this application
This is a planning application for a solar installation at Village Farm Rudham Road Houghton King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 6ZE. Kings Lynn has handled 8,956 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 3 weeks longer than Kings Lynn's typical decision time. The site is in the New Houghton conservation area, with 2 listed buildings 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 1,188 applications in total for the PE31 postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- PE31 6ZE
- Application type
- Part 14
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Houghton
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 29 April 2026
- Consultation end
- 29 April 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 1 April 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 29 April 2026
- Last date for comments
- 29 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 21 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Fergus Bootman MRTPI Bankside 300 Broadland Business Park Norwich NR7 0LB
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 49 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 1 April 2026
- Site notice end
- 29 April 2026
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: NEW HOUGHTON Conservation Area
- Article 4 direction: 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 (21)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.
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- Principle Planning Ltd · Agent for this application
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