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Social Services Office, 3 Blithemeadow Court, Sprowston, NR7 8PU

FUL/2025/0014Full ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 22 June 2026

Council decision: Permitted / Approved5 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of an existing single storey office building (Class E) into a residential care home (Class C2), with associated alterations; refurbishment works; installation of an Air Source Heat Pump (ASHP); garden shed; the erection of fencing and the creation of outdoor space, and associated works...

Submitted
23 September 2025
Ward
Sprowston ED
  1. Received23 Sep
  2. Validated23 Sep
  3. Consult.5 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided22 Jun

Decided in 272 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Social Services Office, 3 Blithemeadow Court, Sprowston, NR7 8PU. Norfolk has handled 101 applications of this type. This one was decided in 272 days, 30 weeks longer than Norfolk's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 2 applications across Sprowston ED. We hold 812 applications in total for the NR7 postcode area.

87% of full applications at Norfolk County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
NR7 8PU
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Sprowston
District
Broadland

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 September 2025
Consultation expiry
5 March 2026
Consultation end
5 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
4 Upper Goat Lane Norwich NR1 2EW

Additional information

Documents
26

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Bure Broads and MarshesApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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 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

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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