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The Tea Rooms At The Stables Hall Drive Stow Bardolph Norfolk

26/00475/FFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 7 May 2026

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

Proposal

RETROSPECTIVE: Change of use to form car parking area.

Received
13 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
6
Ward
Upwell And Delph
  1. Received13 Mar
  2. Validated13 Mar
  3. Consult.9 Apr
  4. Target8 May
  5. Decided7 May

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Tea Rooms At The Stables Hall Drive Stow Bardolph Norfolk. Kings Lynn has handled 4,002 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than Kings Lynn's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 76 applications across Upwell And Delph.

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. Para. 216 of the NPPF 2024 states that in weighing applications that directly or indirectly affect non- designated heritage assets, a balanced judgement will be required having regard to the scale of any harm or loss and the significance of the heritage asset. This is reiterated within Local Plan policy LP20 which states that ‘proposals should not cause substantial harm to the significance of historic parks or gardens (both registered and unregistered), their settings or public views into, out of, or within them. Where development leads to harm assessment should take into account the scale of harm and the impact upon the significance of the heritage asset. While Stow Hall Gardens and Parkland are not listed, it forms an important non-designated heritage asset. The location of the car park immediately adjacent to a historic wall and in a position which is highly visible from the public road network results in less than significant harm to the significance of the non-designated heritage asset. On balance this is considered to be of sufficient weight that it outweighs the benefits of providing car parking in this location and as such is contrary to para. 216 of the NPPF and local Plan Policy LP20.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Stow Bardolph

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 March 2026
Consultation expiry
16 April 2026
Consultation start
17 March 2026
Consultation end
9 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
17 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
16 April 2026
Last date for comments
16 April 2026
Target decision date
8 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Architect profile
PETER HUMPHREY ASSOCIATES LIMITED
Agent address
Mr Liam Lunn-Towler 2 Chapel Road Wisbech PE13 1RG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
17 March 2026
Site notice end
14 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14551448
Documents
13

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    13 Mar

    Lawful Development: Continued use of the site for sale of commercial/business goods in accordance with Use…

    ApprovedLawful Use Certificate - Existing UseFiled alongside26/00474/LDE
  2. 2026
    13 Mar

    RETROSPECTIVE: Change of use to form car parking area.

    This applicationRefusedFull26/00475/F

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