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497 Unthank Road Norwich NR4 7QN

25/00075/CLPCertificate of Lawfulness (Proposed)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 29 January 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of solar panels on west side of roof.

Received
20 January 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Eaton
  1. Received20 Jan
  2. Validated20 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target17 Mar
  5. Decided29 Jan

Decided in 9 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at 497 Unthank Road Norwich NR4 7QN. Norwich has handled 50 applications of this type. This one was decided in 9 days, 7 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 116 applications across Eaton. We hold 781 applications in total for the NR4 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
NR4 7QN
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 January 2025
Target decision date
17 March 2025
Decision issued
3 February 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13704914
Comments
0
Documents
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Unthank and Christchurch
  • 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.

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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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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