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34 Elm Hill Norwich NR3 1HG

25/00631/LApproved

Approved on 20 May 2026

2 conditions

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

Proposal

Retrospective and proposed internal works to facilitate change of use from retail to residential.

Submitted
4 June 2025
Ward
Thorpe Hamlet
  1. Received4 Jun
  2. Validated4 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided20 May

Decided in 350 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 34 Elm Hill Norwich NR3 1HG. Norwich has handled 1,460 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.

Application details

Postcode
NR3 1HG
Parish
Not Applicable

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 June 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Matthew Armstrong Hickie

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: City Centre
  • Listed building: Grade II: 30b, Elm HillOn or next to this site · +5 more
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    4 Jun

    Change of use of ground and first floors from retail (E) to residential (C3).

    ApprovedChange of UseFiled alongside25/00629/U
  2. 2025
    4 Jun

    Retrospective and proposed internal works to facilitate change of use from retail to residential.

    This applicationApprovedApplication25/00631/L

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