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Valley Primary School Gentry Place Norwich NR5 8XZ

25/01027/PAPrior ApprovalApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 22 October 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Proposed roof mounted solar panels.

Received
22 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Wensum
Agent
Luke Strange Architecture Ltd
  1. Received22 Sep
  2. Validated22 Sep
  3. Consult.21 Oct
  4. Target16 Nov
  5. Decided22 Oct

Decided in 30 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Valley Primary School Gentry Place Norwich NR5 8XZ. Norwich has handled 50 applications of this type. This one was decided in 30 days, 4 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 31 applications across Wensum. We hold 84 applications in total for the NR5 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
NR5 8XZ
Application type
Prior Approval
Scale / size
Small
District
LLC-984D7

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 September 2025
Consultation expiry
21 October 2025
Last date for comments
21 October 2025
Target decision date
16 November 2025
Decision issued
31 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Luke Strange Architecture Ltd
Agent address
20 Hollincondane Road Ramsgate CT11 7PH

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Site notice start
30 September 2025
Site notice end
21 October 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14346786
Comments
0
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.

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