The Lawyer 12 - 14 Wensum Street Norwich NR3 1HY
Approved on 12 September 2025
Proposal
Change of use of first and second floors to residential (Class C3) to create 2 No. flats, creation of entrance and replacement of some windows to the rear.
- Received
- 21 June 2023
- Public comments
- 4
- Council
- Norwich City Council
- Ward
- Thorpe Hamlet
- Agent
- Period Design
- ReceivedReceived21 Jun
- ValidatedValidated10 Nov
- Consult.Consultation3 Sep
- TargetTarget Date12 Sep
- DecidedDecided12 Sep
Decided in 672 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Lawyer 12 - 14 Wensum Street Norwich NR3 1HY. Norwich has handled 236 applications of this type. The site is in a conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 110 applications across Thorpe Hamlet. We hold 243 applications in total for the NR3 postcode area.
91% of full 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
- NR3 1HY
- Application type
- Full
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 10 November 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 13 December 2023
- Consultation start
- 16 November 2023
- Consultation end
- 3 September 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 16 November 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 7 December 2023
- Last date for comments
- 14 December 2023
- Target decision date
- 12 September 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Period Design
- Agent address
- 1 Dover Street Norwich NR2 3LG
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 22 November 2023
- Advertisement expiry
- 13 December 2023
- Site notice start
- 20 November 2023
- Site notice end
- 11 December 2023
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12245900
- Documents
- 31
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: City Centre
- 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 (20)
flood storage 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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© 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.
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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Source: Norwich
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