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Former Woodside Campus Plumstead Road East And Witard Road Norwich

25/01138/FPermitted

Proposal

Proposed demolition of existing buildings and redevelopment for an affordable housing scheme comprising up to 77no. extra care (Use Class C3(b)) units, up to 22no. supported living (Use Class C3(b)) units and up to 28no. general needs (Use Class C3(a)) homes, air source heat pumps, solar PV, landscaping, drainage, parking, sub stations, cycle stores, sprinkler tanks, bin stores and associated works.

Received
21 October 2025
Decided
26 May 2026 · Approved
Ward
Crome
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received21 Oct
  2. Validated21 Oct
  3. Consult.12 May
  4. Target26 May
  5. Decided26 May

Decided in 217 days

This is a planning application for demolition at Former Woodside Campus Plumstead Road East And Witard Road Norwich. Norwich has handled 1,368 applications of this type and approves 94% of them, typically deciding them in 54 days. This one was decided in 217 days, 23 weeks longer than Norwich's median. The site is in a conservation area, with 18 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 24 applications across Crome.

Application Details

Reference
25/01138/F
Address
Former Woodside Campus Plumstead Road East And Witard Road Norwich
Local Authority
Norwich
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Decided
Ward
Crome
Parish
Not Applicable

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
17 October 2025
Target Decision Date
26 May 2026
Date Decided
26 May 2026
Date Validated
21 October 2025
Date Submitted
21 October 2025
Consultation End
12 May 2026

Planning Decision

Decision
Approved
Case Officer
Tracy Armitage

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents
197
Coordinates
52.628560, 1.292395
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Norwich

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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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© 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 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

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© 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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