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Carrow Hill House 2 - 4 Carrow Hill Norwich NR1 2AJ

23/00939/FFullApproved

Approved on 9 January 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion and refurbishment of Grade II listed hostel (Class Sui Generis) into 2 No. dwellings (Class C3) including external and internal alterations, 2 No. single storey extensions to the west and north of the building and associated landscaping and parking.

Received
4 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
6
Ward
Lakenham
Agent
Ensemble Architecture
  1. Received4 Aug
  2. Validated21 Sep
  3. Consult.1 Feb
  4. Target16 Nov
  5. Decided9 Jan

Decided in 110 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Carrow Hill House 2 - 4 Carrow Hill Norwich NR1 2AJ. Norwich has handled 236 applications of this type. This one was decided in 158 days, 15 weeks longer than Norwich's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 60 applications across Lakenham. We hold 275 applications in total for the NR1 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
NR1 2AJ
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small
District
LLC-7CDS + LLC-8M56G

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 September 2023
Consultation expiry
1 February 2024
Consultation start
28 September 2023
Consultation end
1 February 2024
Neighbour consultation start
28 September 2023
Neighbour consultation end
19 October 2023
Last date for comments
25 October 2023
Target decision date
16 November 2023
Decision issued
16 January 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Ensemble Architecture
Architect profile
ENSEMBLE ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
Agent address
Sunnyholme North Walsham Road Trunch NR28 0PH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
4 October 2023
Advertisement expiry
25 October 2023
Site notice start
3 October 2023
Site notice end
24 October 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12359509
Documents
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: City Centre+1 more
  • Listed building: Grade II: Carrow Hill HostelOn this site
  • Scheduled monument: City walls and towersPart of the site
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Yare Broads and MarshesApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Brownfield land register: Carrow Hill House, 2-4 Carrow HillRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (17)

flood storage areas, green belt, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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© 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.

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