The Cottage Stearmans Yard Freeman Street Wells-next-the-sea Norfolk NR23 1BW
Approved on 12 February 2026
Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions
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Proposal
Internal works to remove existing staircase and install a replacement
- Received
- 10 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Wells With Holkham
- ReceivedReceived10 Dec
- ValidatedValidated17 Dec
- Consult.Consultation11 Feb
- TargetTarget Date11 Feb
- DecidedDecided12 Feb
Decided in 57 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a heritage application at The Cottage Stearmans Yard Freeman Street Wells-next-the-sea Norfolk NR23 1BW. North Norfolk has handled 357 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 2 weeks longer than North Norfolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Wells conservation area, with 17 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 89 applications across Wells With Holkham. We hold 462 applications in total for the NR23 postcode area.
98% of heritage applications at North Norfolk District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- NR23 1BW
- Application type
- Listed Building Alterations
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Wells-next-the-Sea
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 11 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 21 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 11 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 11 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 11 February 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14553571
- Documents
- 15
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Next to the site
- Conservation area: Wells-next-the-Sea
- National Landscape (AONB): Norfolk Coast
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, 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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
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Planning history at this site
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202623 Jan
Change of use of building from Palmistry and Bric-a-brac to residential use as an annexe to the main cottage
ApprovedFull Planning PermissionPF/26/0154 - 20257 Jan
Discharge of condition 4 (Joinery details) of listed building consent LA/24/2224
PendingDischarge of conditionsCD/25/0038 - 202431 Oct
Removal of conservatory; refurbishment and replacement of some windows and rainwater goods; replacement gates…
PendingApplicationPF/24/2223 - 202431 Oct
Internal & external works associated with refurbishment of dwelling including removal of conservatory…
PendingApplicationLA/24/2224 - 202421 May
Internal and external repairs and alterations, The Cottage, Stearmans Yard, Wells-next-the-Sea, NR23 1BW
PendingApplicationIS3/24/1114
Source: North Norfolk
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