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Norfolk Wildlife Centre Animal Ark Fakenham Road Great Witchingham NR9 5QS

20120375FullApproved

Approved on 2 July 2012

Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Conversion of Farm Buildings to One Dwelling Without Complying With Condition 3 of Planning Permission 001138 (Occupancy Restriction)

Received
7 March 2012
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Great Witchingham
  1. Received7 Mar
  2. Validated8 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target3 May
  5. Decided2 Jul

Decided in 116 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Norfolk Wildlife Centre Animal Ark Fakenham Road Great Witchingham NR9 5QS. South Norfolk Broadland has handled 7,102 applications of this type. This one was decided in 117 days, 10 weeks longer than South Norfolk Broadland's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 7 applications across Great Witchingham. We hold 408 applications in total for the NR9 postcode area.

94% of full applications at South Norfolk District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
NR9 5QS
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Gt Witchingham (Lenwade)

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 March 2012
Target decision date
3 May 2012
Permission expires
2 July 2015

Applicant and agent

Agent
Gva Humberts Leisure
Agent address
Fao: Mr Simon Davis 10 Stratton Street London W1J 8JR

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
14 March 2012

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-1834647
Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Wensum SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2018
    18 Oct

    Single Storey Front & Rear Extensions

    Approval with ConditionsHouseholder20181710

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