Vancouver House County Court Road King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 5EJ
Approved on 1 June 2026
Council decision: Prior Approval - ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions
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Proposal
NOTIFICATION FOR PRIOR APPROVAL CHANGE OF USE FROM COMMERCIAL, BUSINESS AND SERVICE (CLASS E) TO DWELLINGHOUSES (USE CLASS C3) SCHEDULE 2 PART 3 CLASS MA: Change of use of 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors from offices to 24 residential flats (12 two bedroom and 12 one bedroom). The existing office use on the ground floor will be retained.
- Received
- 10 April 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 5
- Ward
- St. Margarets With St. Nicholas
- ReceivedReceived10 Apr
- ValidatedValidated10 Apr
- Consult.Consultation26 May
- TargetTarget Date29 May
- DecidedDecided1 Jun
Decided in 52 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at Vancouver House County Court Road King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 5EJ. Kings Lynn has handled 937 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 3 days longer than Kings Lynn's typical decision time. The site is in the King's Lynn conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 133 applications across St. Margarets With St. Nicholas. We hold 1,702 applications in total for the PE30 postcode area.
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
- Postcode
- PE30 5EJ
- Application type
- PA Part 3, Class M
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Number of dwellings
- 24
- Parish
- King's Lynn
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 10 April 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 26 May 2026
- Consultation start
- 5 May 2026
- Consultation end
- 26 May 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 17 April 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 16 May 2026
- Last date for comments
- 26 May 2026
- Target decision date
- 29 May 2026
- Permission expires
- 1 June 2029
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 49 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 22 April 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 14 May 2026
- Site notice start
- 17 April 2026
- Site notice end
- 16 May 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14844920
- Documents
- 28
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Kings Lynn Conservation Area
- Article 4 direction: Kings Lynn Conservation Area
Also checked, none recorded (20)
flood storage areas, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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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