Flat At 5 Oak Street Fakenham Norfolk NR21 9DX
Approved on 28 January 2026
Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions
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Proposal
Demolition of existing wooden staircase and erection of steel staircase to provide continued access to flat
- Received
- 17 November 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Lancaster South
- Agent
- PDC Engineering Ltd
- ReceivedReceived17 Nov
- ValidatedValidated21 Nov
- Consult.Consultation17 Dec
- TargetTarget Date16 Jan
- DecidedDecided28 Jan
Decided in 68 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at Flat At 5 Oak Street Fakenham Norfolk NR21 9DX. North Norfolk has handled 3,902 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 3 weeks longer than North Norfolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Fakenham conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across Lancaster South. We hold 1,046 applications in total for the NR21 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
- NR21 9DX
- Application type
- Householder Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Fakenham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 21 November 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 23 December 2025
- Consultation start
- 26 November 2025
- Consultation end
- 17 December 2025
- Last date for comments
- 25 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 16 January 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- PDC Engineering Ltd
- Architect profile
- PDC ENGINEERING LTD
- Agent address
- Units T6 & T7 Snetterton Business Park Harling Road Snetterton NR16 2JU
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 4 December 2025
- Site notice start
- 2 December 2025
- Site notice end
- 23 December 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14394078
- Documents
- 16
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Fakenham
- Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Wensum SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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, 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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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: North Norfolk
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