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91 Friends Road Norwich NR5 8HP

23/00746/PDEPrior Approval Larger Home ExtensionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 17 July 2023

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Single storey rear extension. The extension extends 4m beyond the rear wall of the original dwelling. The height at the highest point of the extension is 2.4m. The height at the eaves is 2.4m.

Received
21 June 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
University
  1. Received21 Jun
  2. Validated21 Jun
  3. Consult.17 Jul
  4. Target1 Aug
  5. Decided17 Jul

Decided in 26 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 91 Friends Road Norwich NR5 8HP. Norwich has handled 50 applications of this type. This one was decided in 26 days, 4 weeks quicker 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 36 applications across University. We hold 84 applications in total for the NR5 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
NR5 8HP
Application type
Prior Approval Larger Home Extension
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 June 2023
Consultation expiry
17 July 2023
Consultation start
26 June 2023
Consultation end
17 July 2023
Neighbour consultation start
26 June 2023
Neighbour consultation end
17 July 2023
Last date for comments
17 July 2023
Target decision date
1 August 2023
Decision issued
19 July 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12255976
Comments
0
Documents
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Yare Broads and MarshesApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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

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© 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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