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Old Meeting House Yard Colegate Norwich

25/01004/FFullRefused

Refused on 12 January 2026

Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolish and rebuild east and west boundary retaining walls, creating a new disabled access to the lower-level east wall, including felling of trees covered by TPO 626. Removal and replacement of east boundary chain link fence and gate at 2 The Old Meeting Hall Alley. Repair and restore west boundary iron railings and 8no. memorial stones.

Received
16 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
6
Ward
Mancroft
  1. Received16 Sep
  2. Validated18 Nov
  3. Consult.12 Dec
  4. Target13 Jan
  5. Decided12 Jan

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Old Meeting House Yard Colegate Norwich. Norwich has handled 236 applications of this type. This one was decided in 118 days, 9 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 175 applications across Mancroft. We hold 243 applications in total for the NR3 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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Why it was refused

  1. It has not been shown that the intervention to add a fourth level-access route to the Grade I Listed Building would be sensitive to the historic curtilage and landscaped environment of the Colegate Character Area, or that the public benefit would outweigh the harm. Objections have been received from the Tree Protection Officer and Historic Environment Services have cited a high likelihood of human remains being disturbed by any groundworks in the graveyard, where tree roots would require extensive dig-depth. In line with Historic England Guidance, Policy DM9 and NPPF Section 16, the proposed work within the curtilage of the Grade I Listed Building would constitute less than substantial harm, at a high level, to the setting of the historic building and its surrounding neighbouring Listed Buildings when other level-access options are already in situ, and is not supported within the City Centre Conservation Area.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
NR3 1BW
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 November 2025
Consultation expiry
13 January 2026
Consultation start
21 November 2025
Consultation end
12 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start
13 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
13 January 2026
Last date for comments
13 January 2026
Target decision date
13 January 2026
Decision issued
13 January 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
26 November 2025
Advertisement expiry
17 December 2025
Site notice start
2 December 2025
Site notice end
30 December 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14333937
Documents
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: City Centre
  • Listed building: Grade II: 17a, Old Meeting House AlleyOn or next to this site · +2 more
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Yare Broads and MarshesApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation

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.

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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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