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Co Op Funeral Services 10 St Stephens Square Norwich NR1 3SS

26/00026/FFullApproved

Approved on 7 May 2026

6 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of Use to Residential of part Ground Floor and all Second Floor, addition of new single opening to north-eastern elevation and addition of PV Array to south-western roof plane.

Received
9 January 2026
Public comments
3
Ward
Town Close
  1. Received9 Jan
  2. Validated19 Jan
  3. Consult.28 Apr
  4. Target16 Mar
  5. Decided7 May

Decided in 108 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Co Op Funeral Services 10 St Stephens Square Norwich NR1 3SS. 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 13 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 76 applications across Town Close. We hold 275 applications in total for the NR1 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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Application details

Postcode
NR1 3SS
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Applicable

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 January 2026
Consultation expiry
28 April 2026
Consultation start
7 April 2026
Consultation end
28 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
19 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
9 February 2026
Last date for comments
28 April 2026
Target decision date
16 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Icon Architectural
Agent address
Hethel Engineering Centre Chapman Way Hethel Norwich NR14 8FB

Planning decision

Case officer
Matthew Armstrong Hickie
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
28 January 2026
Advertisement expiry
18 February 2026
Site notice start
2 February 2026
Site notice end
23 February 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14609187
Documents
22

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Newmarket Road
  • Listed building: Grade II: 21 and 23, St Stephen'S SquareOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • 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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