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Gladstone House 28 St Giles Street Norwich NR2 1LL

25/01451/UChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 1 April 2026

Delegated (officer decision)11 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of Use from Class E (offices) to C3 (6 Residential Apartments).

Received
23 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
6
Ward
Mancroft
Agent
dots. design + plan ltd
  1. Received23 Dec
  2. Validated7 Jan
  3. Consult.30 Mar
  4. Target4 Mar
  5. Decided1 Apr

Decided in 84 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Gladstone House 28 St Giles Street Norwich NR2 1LL. Norwich has handled 60 applications of this type. This one was decided in 99 days, 6 weeks longer than Norwich's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 178 applications across Mancroft. We hold 390 applications in total for the NR2 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
NR2 1LL
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
District
LLC-BHQ80 & LLC-BHQ88 (GIRAM)

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 January 2026
Consultation expiry
2 April 2026
Consultation start
9 March 2026
Consultation end
30 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
2 April 2026
Neighbour consultation end
2 April 2026
Last date for comments
2 April 2026
Target decision date
4 March 2026
Decision issued
2 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
dots. design + plan ltd
Architect profile
.DOTS DESIGN + PLAN LTD
Agent address
1 Oak Close Tasburgh Norwich Norfolk NR15 1UN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
14 January 2026
Advertisement expiry
4 February 2026
Site notice start
21 January 2026
Site notice end
11 February 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14429698
Documents
48

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: City Centre
  • Listed building: Grade II: 30 and 32, St Giles StreetOn this site · +6 more
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Yare Broads and MarshesApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Brownfield land register: Land to rear of City Hall, Bethel Street, NorwichRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (18)

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 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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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 2026-11-03. 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
    23 Dec

    Change of Use from Class E (offices) to C3 (6 Residential Apartments).

    This applicationApprovedAmendment25/01451/U
  2. 2025
    23 Dec

    Change of Use from Class E (offices) to C3 (6 Residential Apartments).

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside25/01452/L

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