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40 Barnard Road Norwich NR5 9JB

23/01068/FFullApproved

Approved on 23 November 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use from a security gatehouse to a shop/retail unit (Class E(a)) with associated works.

Received
1 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Bowthorpe
  1. Received1 Sep
  2. Validated11 Sep
  3. Consult.20 Nov
  4. Target6 Nov
  5. Decided23 Nov

Decided in 73 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 40 Barnard Road Norwich NR5 9JB. Norwich has handled 236 applications of this type. This one was decided in 83 days, 4 weeks longer than Norwich's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 12 applications across Bowthorpe. We hold 84 applications in total for the NR5 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
NR5 9JB
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 September 2023
Consultation expiry
20 November 2023
Consultation start
6 November 2023
Consultation end
20 November 2023
Neighbour consultation start
21 September 2023
Neighbour consultation end
12 October 2023
Last date for comments
20 November 2023
Target decision date
6 November 2023
Decision issued
27 November 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Bidwells
Agent address
16 Upper King Street Norwich NR3 1HA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12396736
Documents
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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

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.

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