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Suites 1, 3, 4 & 5 Red Building Old Bank Of England Court Queen Street Norwich NR2 4SX

25/01453/UChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 20 February 2026

Delegated (officer decision)3 conditions

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

Proposal

Change of use of Suites 1, 3, 4 & 5 within the Red Building from Class E(g)(i) (office use) to a sui generis indoor leisure use comprising bookable indoor golf simulators with ancillary bar use, together with associated internal works.

Received
29 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Thorpe Hamlet
  1. Received29 Dec
  2. Validated29 Dec
  3. Consult.19 Feb
  4. Target23 Feb
  5. Decided20 Feb

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Suites 1, 3, 4 & 5 Red Building Old Bank Of England Court Queen Street Norwich NR2 4SX. Norwich has handled 60 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Norwich's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 110 applications across Thorpe Hamlet. We hold 395 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 4SX
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
District
LLC-B0LS6

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 December 2025
Consultation expiry
19 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
29 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
19 February 2026
Last date for comments
19 February 2026
Target decision date
23 February 2026
Decision issued
23 February 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
14 January 2026
Advertisement expiry
4 February 2026
Site notice start
6 January 2026
Site notice end
27 January 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14592378
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.

  • Conservation area: City Centre
  • Listed building: Grade II: Old Bank of England Court (Right Hand Side)On or next to this site
  • 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.

Source: Norwich

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