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25/01115/F - Full Approved

Proposal

Installation of an external access ramp to main entrance. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
14 Oct 2025
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Consultation
14 Oct 2025
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Approved
5 Mar 2026

Approved on 5 Mar 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 10 Oct 2026

Documents 25

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Decision notice Historic System Migration · 6 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Delegated report Historic System Migration · 6 Mar 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 2

PDF Revised design and access statement Historic System Migration · 19 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Superseded design and access statement Historic System Migration · 14 Oct 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 19

PDF Composite plans - existing Historic System Migration · 26 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Composite plans - existing Historic System Migration · 26 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Detailed plans Historic System Migration · 11 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Composite plans - proposed Historic System Migration · 19 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Revised layout plan - proposed Historic System Migration · 19 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Revised other plans Historic System Migration · 19 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Revised composite plans - proposed Historic System Migration · 19 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Revised sections - proposed Historic System Migration · 19 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Revised elevations - proposed Historic System Migration · 19 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Superseded layout plan - proposed Historic System Migration · 14 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Superseded other plans Historic System Migration · 14 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Superseded sections - proposed Historic System Migration · 14 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Composite plans - existing Historic System Migration · 14 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Layout plan - existing Historic System Migration · 14 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Location plan Historic System Migration · 14 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Superseded elevations - proposed Historic System Migration · 14 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Sections - existing Historic System Migration · 14 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Superseded composite plans - proposed Historic System Migration · 14 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Elevations - existing Historic System Migration · 14 Oct 2025 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF Specification Historic System Migration · 11 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Press notice Historic System Migration · 20 Oct 2025 View ↗

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Site constraints 8

Nutrient neutrality catchment: Yare Broads and Marshes
New homes and overnight accommodation must show nutrient neutrality before approval.
Natural England advice: extra wastewater in these catchments harms protected habitats, so schemes must offset their nutrient load, usually through credits.
City Centre conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Air quality management area: Central Norwich AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
47 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: City Hall Including Police Station, Grade II*, about 41 m from the postcode pin · 2 Grade I, 8 Grade II*, 37 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Show all 47 with distances
Historic England ↗
Scheduled monument about 154 m away: Curat's House, Haymarket
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
National park about 327 m away: The Broads; Registered park or garden about 206 m away: Chapelfield Gardens; Inside the Norwich built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 2 November 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Norwich
Application type
Full
Postcode
NR2 1NH
Received
14 Oct 2025
Validated
14 Oct 2025
Ward
Mancroft
Case officer
Show
Target decision
6 Mar 2026
Decision
Approved
Decision date
5 Mar 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Agent
Montagu Evans

How this decision compares

Decided in 142 days from validation, 89 days slower than Norwich's median of 53 for full applications. Approved, as 95% of full applications here are.

69%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
313decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Norwich in the last twelve months, from validation. Norwich decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

1 neighbour consulted · Last counted 10 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14406714
Planning Portal ref
PP-14406714
Neighbours
14 Oct 2025
Consultation
14 Oct 2025
Comments by
12 Nov 2025
Site or press notice
22 Oct 2025
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

50 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
Installation of an external access ramp and automated doors on main entrance; internal se…
25/01117/L
2025 Approved
Installation of an external access ramp and automated doors on main entrance; internal se…
25/01117/L
2025
Test case - please ignore
25/00026/F
2025
Test case - please ignore
25/00026/F
2022
2Installation of defibrillator adjacent to main entrance.
22/01188/L
2022
2Installation of defibrillator adjacent to main entrance.
22/01188/L
2021 Approved
Installation of 6no. air source heat pumps within a louvred plant enclosure on the nw rea…
21/01442/F
2021 Approved
Installation of 6no. air source heat pumps within a louvred plant enclosure on the nw rea…
21/01441/L
2021 Approved
Installation of 6no. air source heat pumps within a louvred plant enclosure on the nw rea…
21/01442/NF3
2021 Approved
Installation of 6no. air source heat pumps within a louvred plant enclosure on the nw rea…
21/01441/L
2021 Approved
Installation of 6no. air source heat pumps within a louvred plant enclosure on the nw rea…
21/01442/NF3
2021 Approved
Installation of 6no. air source heat pumps within a louvred plant enclosure on the nw rea…
21/01442/F
2018 Approved
Renewal of cork floor tiles within the first floor level committee rooms (Westwick, Wymer…
18/01405/L
2018 Approved
Renewal of cork floor tiles within the first floor level committee rooms (Westwick, Wymer…
18/01405/L
2018 Approved
Upgrading and re-location of CCTV systems.
18/00637/L
2018 Approved
Upgrading and re-location of CCTV systems.
18/00637/L
2018 Approved
Internal alterations to the Customer Contact Centre area and principal entrance hallway o…
18/00319/L
2018 Approved
Internal alterations to the Customer Contact Centre area and principal entrance hallway o…
18/00319/L
2017 Approved
Installation of 2 No. external balcony lights.
17/01754/L
2017 Approved
Installation of 2 No. external balcony lights.
17/01754/L
2017 Approved
Installation of post and wire system to prevent pigeon roosting upon the rear elevation.
17/00707/L
2017 Approved
Installation of post and wire system to prevent pigeon roosting upon the rear elevation.
17/00707/L
2016 Withdrawn
Installation of a circular pane of clear laminated safety glass to third floor light well.
16/00364/L
2016 Withdrawn
Installation of a circular pane of clear laminated safety glass to third floor light well.
16/00364/L
2022 Approved
Details of Condition 4: casing for pipework of previous permission 21/01441/L.
22/00261/D
Within ~100m

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2025 Approved
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Insertion of secondary glazing.
25/01278/L
2025 Approved
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Insertion of secondary glazing.
25/01279/L
2025 Approved
1 Pudding Lane Norwich NR2 1RB
Insertion of secondary glazing.
25/01278/L
2025 Approved
3 Pudding Lane Norwich NR2 1RB
Insertion of secondary glazing.
25/01279/L
2025 Approved
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2025 Approved
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25/01257/NF3
2025 Approved
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Installation of a weighted, free-standing access ladder to provide transition from the up…
25/01256/L
2025 Approved
Guildhall Gaol Hill Norwich NR2 1JS
Installation of a weighted, free-standing access ladder to provide transition from the up…
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2025 Approved
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Replacement of existing lead cold water pipework.
25/00125/L
2025 Approved
Guildhall Gaol Hill Norwich NR2 1JS
Replacement of existing lead cold water pipework.
25/00125/L
2024 Approved
Guildhall Gaol Hill Norwich NR2 1JS
Stone replacement work.
24/01461/L
2024 Approved
Guildhall Gaol Hill Norwich NR2 1JS
Stone replacement work.
24/01461/L
2024 Approved
Friends Meeting House Upper Goat Lane Norwich NR2 1EW
Replacement of existing gallery wall with acoustic wall.
24/00394/L
2024 Approved
Friends Meeting House Upper Goat Lane Norwich NR2 1EW
Replacement of existing gallery wall with acoustic wall.
24/00394/L
2024 Approved
Guildhall Gaol Hill Norwich NR2 1JS
Installation of a replacement fall arrest system on roof.
24/00049/NF3
2024 Approved
Guildhall Gaol Hill Norwich NR2 1JS
Installation of a replacement fall arrest system on roof.
24/00059/L
2024 Approved
Guildhall Gaol Hill Norwich NR2 1JS
Installation of a replacement fall arrest system on roof.
24/00049/NF3
2024 Approved
Guildhall Gaol Hill Norwich NR2 1JS
Installation of a replacement fall arrest system on roof.
24/00059/L
2020 Withdrawn
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20/00469/L
2020 Withdrawn
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2019 Approved
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2019 Approved
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Replacement post box.
19/01205/L
2019 Approved
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Replacement post box.
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Norwich
Planning Authority Score
8.6/10
Excellent
#15 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Norwich is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #68 out of 296. Only 22% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 97% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

More permissive than most councils
97% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Norwich decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
96%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #14 of 296
97%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #39 of 296
76%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #68 of 296
22%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #24 of 296
94%
Minor dwellings approved
34 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
2 decided (10+ homes)
89%
Change of use approved
38 decided
538
Total decisions
23 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings