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18 - 20 Paddock Street Norwich NR2 4TW

23/00730/UChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 16 August 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Change of use from storage and distribution (Class B8) with ancillary offices to storage and distribution (Class B8) with ancillary offices and commercial vehicle class 7 MOT facility (Class Sui Generis) (Retrospective).

Received
16 June 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Mancroft
Agent
SDA Architects Ltd
  1. Received16 Jun
  2. Validated4 Jul
  3. Consult.28 Jul
  4. Target29 Aug
  5. Decided16 Aug

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 18 - 20 Paddock Street Norwich NR2 4TW. Norwich has handled 60 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days, 5 days longer than Norwich's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 178 applications across Mancroft. We hold 395 applications in total for the NR2 postcode area.

98% of amendment 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 4TW
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 July 2023
Consultation expiry
23 August 2023
Consultation start
7 July 2023
Consultation end
28 July 2023
Neighbour consultation start
23 August 2023
Neighbour consultation end
23 August 2023
Last date for comments
23 August 2023
Target decision date
29 August 2023
Decision issued
23 August 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
SDA Architects Ltd
Architect profile
SDA ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
The Basilica Penthouse 2 King Charles Street Leeds LS1 6LS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12215037
Documents
0

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.

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: Norwich

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