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Kirkham House 5 Whiffler Road Norwich NR3 2AG

24/00757/UChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 23 September 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use from storage and distribution (Class B8) to an indoor sports facility (Racket Hub) (Class E) and reconfiguration of car park.

Received
28 June 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Mile Cross
Agent
Allen Planning Ltd
  1. Received28 Jun
  2. Validated3 Jul
  3. Consult.29 Jul
  4. Target2 Oct
  5. Decided23 Sep

Decided in 82 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Kirkham House 5 Whiffler Road Norwich NR3 2AG. Norwich has handled 60 applications of this type. This one was decided in 87 days, 4 weeks longer than Norwich's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 243 applications in total for the NR3 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
NR3 2AG
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 July 2024
Consultation expiry
30 August 2024
Consultation start
8 July 2024
Consultation end
29 July 2024
Neighbour consultation start
8 July 2024
Neighbour consultation end
29 July 2024
Last date for comments
30 August 2024
Target decision date
2 October 2024
Decision issued
26 September 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Allen Planning Ltd
Agent address
The Old Fire Station EC Salt Lane Salisbury SP1 1DU

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
7 August 2024
Advertisement expiry
28 August 2024
Site notice start
9 August 2024
Site notice end
30 August 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13181885
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.

Source: Norwich

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