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The Cottage Stearmans Yard Freeman Street Wells-next-the-sea Norfolk NR23 1BW

PF/26/0154Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 23 April 2026

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of building from Palmistry and Bric-a-brac to residential use as an annexe to the main cottage

Received
23 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Wells With Holkham
  1. Received23 Jan
  2. Validated2 Feb
  3. Consult.25 Feb
  4. Target30 Mar
  5. Decided23 Apr

Decided in 80 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at The Cottage Stearmans Yard Freeman Street Wells-next-the-sea Norfolk NR23 1BW. North Norfolk has handled 3,902 applications of this type. This one was decided in 90 days, 6 weeks longer than North Norfolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Wells conservation area, with 13 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.

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
NR23 1BW
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wells-next-the-Sea

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 February 2026
Consultation expiry
2 March 2026
Consultation start
4 February 2026
Consultation end
25 February 2026
Last date for comments
5 March 2026
Target decision date
30 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
12 February 2026
Site notice start
9 February 2026
Site notice end
2 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14643225
Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Wells-next-the-Sea
  • Listed building: Grade II: The CottageOn this site
  • 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.

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.

Source: North Norfolk

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