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4 - 6 Orchard Street Norwich NR2 4PP

22/01614/PAPrior ApprovalAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from commercial (Class E) to dwellinghouses (Class C3) to provide 3 No. residential units.

Received
30 December 2022
Decision due
23 February 2023
Public comments
2
Ward
Mancroft
Agent
RS Studio
  1. Received30 Dec
  2. Validated30 Dec
  3. Consult.25 Jan
  4. Target23 Feb
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 25 January.

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About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 4 - 6 Orchard Street Norwich NR2 4PP. Norwich has handled 50 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 30 December 2022 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 175 applications across Mancroft. We hold 395 applications in total for the NR2 postcode area.

94% of outline applications at Norwich City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
NR2 4PP
Application type
Prior Approval
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 December 2022
Consultation expiry
25 January 2023
Consultation start
4 January 2023
Consultation end
25 January 2023
Neighbour consultation start
4 January 2023
Neighbour consultation end
25 January 2023
Last date for comments
25 January 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
RS Studio
Agent address
Director Generals House 15 Rockstone Place Southampton SO15 2EP

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Appeal history

3322595
Split Decision
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 13 December 2023Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11807691
Documents
5

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
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Yare Broads and MarshesApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation 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, 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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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2022
    30 Dec

    Change of use from commercial (Class E) to dwellinghouses (Class C3) to provide 3 No. residential units.

    This applicationPendingOutline22/01614/PA
  2. 2022
    30 Dec

    Elevational amendments to support prior approval application 22/01614/PA

    RefusedFullRelated22/01615/F

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