5 Gregory Close North Wootton King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 3SY Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Householder: Single storey side extension and new porch. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 4 Jun 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 22 Jul 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Kings Lynn Planning Committee on 1 Jun 2026.
Refused
Against officer advice: officers had recommended approval.
- Officers advised approval because the extension was considered acceptable in its setting, with no sufficient amenity or highway grounds for refusal.
- An objector and councillors raised concerns about the extension’s scale, massing, local character and effects on neighbours.
- The committee voted to refuse the application, contrary to the officer recommendation, by nine votes to one abstention.
Source: Plota analysis of Kings Lynn's committee minutes of 1 Jun 2026.
Documents 45
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 1
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 16
Other documents 25
Site constraints 3
Checked on 11 September 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.
Sales history 3
Last sold for £250,000 in September 2024. Semi-detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
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Important details
- Council
- Kings Lynn
- Application type
- Full Application
- Postcode
- PE30 3SY
- Received
- 20 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 20 Mar 2026
- Ward
- The Woottons
- Parish
- North Wootton
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 15 May 2026
- Decision
- Application Refused
- Decision date
- 4 Jun 2026
- Decision level
- Committee Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Matt Sturgeon
How this decision compares
Decided in 76 days from validation, 23 days slower than Kings Lynn's median of 53 for extensions. Refused, as 7% of extensions here are.
Plota live figures for extensions decided by Kings Lynn in the last twelve months, from validation. Kings Lynn decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14793569
- Neighbours
- 21 Apr 2026
- Consultation
- 21 Apr 2026
- Comments by
- 13 May 2026
- Site or press notice
- 25 Mar 2026
- Committee
- 1 Jun 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
12 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
Kings Lynn is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #20 out of 296. Only 27% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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