34 Elm Hill Norwich NR3 1HG
Approved on 20 May 2026
2 conditions
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Proposal
Change of use of ground and first floors from retail (E) to residential (C3).
- Received
- 4 June 2025
- Public comments
- 4
- Council
- Norwich City Council
- Ward
- Thorpe Hamlet
- ReceivedReceived4 Jun
- ValidatedValidated4 Jun
- Consult.Consultation6 May
- TargetTarget Date20 May
- DecidedDecided20 May
Decided in 350 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at 34 Elm Hill Norwich NR3 1HG. Norwich has handled 60 applications of this type. This one was decided in 350 days, 42 weeks longer than Norwich's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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.
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 1HG
- Application type
- Change of Use
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 June 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 9 July 2025
- Consultation start
- 10 June 2025
- Consultation end
- 6 May 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 9 June 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 30 June 2025
- Last date for comments
- 9 July 2025
- Target decision date
- 20 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Brown & Co
- Agent address
- Ground Floor The Atrium St Georges Street Norwich NR3 1AB
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 18 June 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 9 July 2025
- Site notice start
- 12 June 2025
- Site notice end
- 3 July 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14056053
- Documents
- 39
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: City Centre
- Nutrient neutrality catchment: Yare Broads and MarshesApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
- National park: The BroadsPart of the site
- Brownfield land register: The Dell Ballroom Waggon And Horses LaneRegister site at or near this address
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 (16)
flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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.
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Associated applications
- 20254 Jun
Change of use of ground and first floors from retail (E) to residential (C3).
This applicationApprovedAmendment25/00629/U - 20254 Jun
Retrospective and proposed internal works to facilitate change of use from retail to residential.
ApprovedApplicationFiled alongside25/00631/L
Source: Norwich
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