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The Woodyard Worstead Park Sloley Road Worstead North Walsham Norfolk NR28 9RS

PF/23/1939Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 18 April 2024

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use of The Woodyard and Lake Island from wedding venue to use for weddings and other events/functions (maximum of two per week); formation of access road to the Worstead/Dilham road with closure of eastern access to vehicles

Received
5 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Worstead
  1. Received5 Sep
  2. Validated6 Sep
  3. Consult.8 Feb
  4. Target1 Nov
  5. Decided18 Apr

Decided in 225 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Woodyard Worstead Park Sloley Road Worstead North Walsham Norfolk NR28 9RS. North Norfolk has handled 3,902 applications of this type. This one was decided in 226 days, 25 weeks longer than North Norfolk's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 13 applications across Worstead. We hold 759 applications in total for the NR28 postcode area.

93% of full 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
NR28 9RS
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Worstead

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 September 2023
Consultation expiry
8 February 2024
Consultation start
25 January 2024
Consultation end
8 February 2024
Last date for comments
8 February 2024
Target decision date
1 November 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
21 September 2023
Site notice end
12 October 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12265657
Documents
40

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Ant Broads and MarshesApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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, 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.

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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2024
    11 Jul

    Non-material amendment of planning permission PF/23/1939

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendmentNMA/24/1466
  2. 2023
    5 Sep

    Change of use of The Woodyard and Lake Island from wedding venue to use for weddings and other…

    This applicationApprovedFullPF/23/1939

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    29 Nov

    New premises licence (consultation by Licensing)

    Advice Given (for pre-apps)ApplicationIB/24/2517

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