Unit 5 Riverside Road (opposite 51 Blackwall Reach) Gorleston NR31 6QA Data via plota.co.uk

06/26/0627/CU Refused
Change of useSchools, care & communityCommercial premises

Proposal

Change of use from existing industrial/storage warehouse and office space (Use Classes E and B8) to an Alternative Provision Educational Facility including activity rooms and sport hall (Use Class F1). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
6 Aug 2026
✓
Validated
7 Aug 2026
✗
Refused
1 Oct 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 1 Oct 2026 · Last checked 2 Oct 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 10

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
No.17 Gorleston Conservation Area Extensions 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.
Article 4 direction
Article 4 Direction - Houses in Multiple Occupation Great Yarmouth. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
Hopton on Sea to Sea Palling about 8 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site; the route and its margin are protected.
Special protection area about 21 m away: Outer Thames Estuary
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: 235, High Street, Grade II, about 32 m from the postcode pin · 2 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 2 with distances
Historic England ↗
National infrastructure project about 745 m away: Great Yarmouth Third River Crossing
The site is about 745 m from the project boundary. Highway, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted.
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
Also on the record
Flood defence about 16 m from the postcode pin (quay); Inside the Gorleston-on-Sea built-up area; Priority habitat about 23 m away: Mudflats.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 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, the Planning Inspectorate 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
Great Yarmouth
Postcode
NR31 6QA
Received
6 Aug 2026
Validated
7 Aug 2026
Parish
GY St Andrews
Case officer
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Target decision
2 Oct 2026
Decision
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons
Decision date
1 Oct 2026
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 55 days from validation, 4 days faster than Great Yarmouth's median of 59 for commercial premises. Refused, as 18% of commercial premises here are.

44%decided within 8 weeks
82%approved
57decided in the last year

Plota live figures for commercial premises decided by Great Yarmouth in the last twelve months, from validation. Great Yarmouth decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
14 Aug 2026
Comments by
5 Sept 2026

Historical activity at this location

18 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2018 Approved
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06/18/0413/F
2018 Approved
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06/18/0164/F
2018 Approved
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Great Yarmouth
Planning Authority Score
4.4/10
Below average
#181 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

Great Yarmouth ranks #125 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. 49% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (92%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Great Yarmouth decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
87%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #171 of 296
92%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #154 of 296
69%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #125 of 296
49%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #221 of 296
69%
Minor dwellings approved
51 decided (1-9 homes)
78%
Major dwellings approved
9 decided (10+ homes)
89%
Change of use approved
18 decided
366
Total decisions
47 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings