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The European Trade Centre Hempnall Road Morningthorpe Norfolk NR15 2AG

2024/3704FullApproved

Approved on 29 May 2025

Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Regularisation of the intensification of the online car sales business by increasing to 120 car parking spaces for Wheels 4 Less and 8 spaces for the approved portacabins as well as re-positioning of portacabins

Received
11 December 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
11
Ward
Hempnall
Agent
Planning Direct
  1. Received11 Dec
  2. Validated11 Dec
  3. Consult.16 Apr
  4. Target12 Mar
  5. Decided29 May

Decided in 169 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at The European Trade Centre Hempnall Road Morningthorpe Norfolk NR15 2AG. South Norfolk Broadland has handled 7,102 applications of this type. This one was decided in 169 days, 17 weeks longer than South Norfolk Broadland's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 7 applications across Hempnall. We hold 835 applications in total for the NR15 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
NR15 2AG
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Morningthorpe And Fritton

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 December 2024
Consultation expiry
16 April 2025
Consultation start
2 April 2025
Consultation end
16 April 2025
Neighbour consultation start
2 April 2025
Neighbour consultation end
16 April 2025
Target decision date
12 March 2025
Permission expires
29 May 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Planning Direct
Agent address
The Furnace The Maltings Princes Street Ipswich IP1 1SB

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
26 December 2024
Advertisement expiry
17 January 2025
Site notice start
16 January 2025
Site notice end
6 February 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13632102
Documents
50
Constraints
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (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.

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Associated applications

  1. 2026
    2 Oct

    Non material amendment of 2024/3704

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendment2026/2942
  2. 2024
    11 Dec

    Regularisation of the intensification of the online car sales business by increasing to 120 car parking…

    This applicationApproval with ConditionsFull2024/3704

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