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Towergate Insurance Brokers 31A St James Street King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 5DJ

26/01033/PACU6PA Part 3, Class MApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 17 September 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval - Approved7 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior Notification for the Change of Use from former insurance brokers (Class E) to three dwellings (Class C3) Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA

Received
18 June 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 18 October 2026
Ward
St. Margarets With St. Nicholas
  1. Received18 Jun
  2. Validated3 Jul
  3. Consult.12 Aug
  4. Target18 Sep
  5. Decided17 Sep

Decided in 76 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Towergate Insurance Brokers 31A St James Street King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 5DJ. Kings Lynn has handled 937 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 6 weeks longer than Kings Lynn's typical decision time. The site is in the King's Lynn conservation area, with 17 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 5DJ
Application type
PA Part 3, Class M
Scale / size
Small
Parish
King's Lynn

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 July 2026
Consultation expiry
27 August 2026
Consultation start
6 August 2026
Consultation end
12 August 2026
Neighbour consultation start
15 July 2026
Neighbour consultation end
12 August 2026
Last date for comments
27 August 2026
Target decision date
18 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Jonathan McDermott Room 205 Technopole Kingston Crescent Portsmouth PO2 8FA

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Publicity

Last advertised
22 July 2026
Advertisement expiry
12 August 2026
Site notice start
15 July 2026
Site notice end
12 August 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15022259
Documents
41

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

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 and heritage coasts.

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

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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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