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Snettisham Water Mill Mill Gardens Snettisham KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE31 7FH

26/00538/CUChange of Use ApplicationRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 1 June 2026

Council decision: Application Refused1 reason for refusal

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Proposal

Change of use of existing building from holiday let to residential (No physical changes are proposed.)

Received
25 March 2026
Public comments
8
Ward
Snettisham
  1. Received25 Mar
  2. Validated7 Apr
  3. Consult.7 May
  4. Target2 Jun
  5. Decided1 Jun

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Snettisham Water Mill Mill Gardens Snettisham KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE31 7FH. Kings Lynn has handled 568 applications of this type. This one was decided in 68 days, 3 weeks longer than Kings Lynn's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Snettisham. We hold 1,188 applications in total for the PE31 postcode area.

88% of amendment 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 proposal, through intensification of use and degradation of setting associated with the additional residential paraphernalia within the adjoining garden and woodland, would result in less than substantial harm to the significance of the Grade II* Listed Building and would fail to preserve its special architectural or historic interest. Whilst public benefits have been put forward, no legal agreement has been supplied to demonstrate how ongoing maintenance or public access days can be adequately secured or linked to this consent. Irrespective of this, it is not considered that these unsecured potential benefits would outweigh the harm identified. The proposal would conflict with the aims of the NPPF (2024), Policy LP20 of the Local Plan and Policy NP08 of the Neighbourhood Plan.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
PE31 7FH
Application type
Change of Use Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Snettisham

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 April 2026
Consultation expiry
7 May 2026
Consultation start
8 April 2026
Consultation end
7 May 2026
Neighbour consultation start
8 April 2026
Neighbour consultation end
7 May 2026
Last date for comments
7 May 2026
Target decision date
2 June 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
15 April 2026
Advertisement expiry
7 May 2026
Site notice start
8 April 2026
Site notice end
7 May 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14799138
Documents
33

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II*: The MillOn this site
  • Tree Preservation Order: 2/TPO/00488Part of the site
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, Article 4 directions, 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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© 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.

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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Kings Lynn

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