John Innes Institute Colney Lane Colney Norfolk NR4 7UH

2024/3652FullApproved

Approved on 12 June 2025

Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Demolition of existing buildings, provision of upgraded internal southern access road and below ground infrastructure works including new and relocated communications and electricity cabling, upgraded mains water infrastructure, new surface water drainage and new district heating pipework to enable site wide development proposals at John Innes Centre

Received: 6 December 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 10
Council: South Norfolk District Council
Ward: Cringleford
Agent: Lanpro Services Ltd

ReceivedReceived6 Dec
ValidatedValidated6 Dec
Consult.Consultation5 Jun
TargetTarget Date31 Jan
DecidedDecided12 Jun

Decided in 188 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at John Innes Institute Colney Lane Colney Norfolk NR4 7UH. South Norfolk Broadland has handled 7,102 applications of this type. This one was decided in 188 days, 20 weeks longer than South Norfolk Broadland's typical decision time. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across Cringleford. We hold 784 applications in total for the NR4 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: NR4 7UH
Application type: Full
Scale / size: Large
Parish: Colney

Planning application dates

Date validated: 6 December 2024
Consultation expiry: 5 June 2025
Consultation start: 14 May 2025
Consultation end: 5 June 2025
Neighbour consultation start: 14 May 2025
Neighbour consultation end: 5 June 2025
Target decision date: 31 January 2025
Permission expires: 12 June 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent: Lanpro Services Ltd
Agent address: Lanpro Services Ltd Brettingham House 98 Pottergate Norwich Norfolk NR2 1EQ

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 13 December 2024
Site notice end: 6 January 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13590060
Documents: 143
Constraints: 33

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Tree Preservation OrderPart of the site
Nutrient neutrality catchment: Yare Broads and MarshesApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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Source: South Norfolk Broadland

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