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CL/26/0228 - Certificate of Lawfulness - Existing Use Refused

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness for an existing use of land by fishermen/fisherwomen who fish from Sea Palling Beach and casual boats for fishing and recreation, including but not limited to the storage of vessels and tractors (to facilitate the launching and recovery of the fishing vessels and others), sheds to enable shelter in adverse weather conditions and any other equipment not mentioned but required to enable a reasonable living, in fishing, to be made. Additionally, the use of the area for the preparation of equipment for the purpose of commercial fishing at Sea Palling Beach and security of all associated equipment, including the storage of bait necessary for the preparation of crab / lobster pots and longlines and storage of catch prior to transportation to market within 24 hours of arrival on the site Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 08:52

Application progress

✓

Received

2 Feb 2026

✓

Validated

3 Feb 2026

✓

Consultation

17 Feb 2026

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Refused

31 Mar 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 31 Mar 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Documents 12

Site constraints 11

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea

High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 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 ↗

Public restricted byway about 2 m away

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.

Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.

Article 4 direction

Article 4 Direction - Land At Sea Palling. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.

Sea Palling to Weybourne about 2 m away

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site; the route and its margin are protected.

Priority habitat: Coastal sand dunes

A habitat of principal importance. It shapes the ecology work and the biodiversity net gain a scheme has to show.

Special protection area about 53 m away: Greater Wash

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.

Habitat network: Coastal sand dunes

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

National infrastructure project about 1524 m away: Norfolk Boreas; Inside the Sea Palling built-up area; Flood defence about 48 m from the postcode pin (wall, designed for a 1 in 1000 year flood); Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

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: North Norfolk
Application type: Certificate of Lawfulness - Existing Use
Postcode: NR12 0UN
Received: 2 Feb 2026
Validated: 3 Feb 2026
Ward: Hickling
Parish: Sea Palling and Waxham
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 31 Mar 2026
Decision: Was Not Lawful
Decision date: 31 Mar 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: David Will

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14665209
Planning Portal ref: PP-14665209
Consultation: 17 Feb 2026
Statutory expiry: 31 Mar 2026
Env. assessment: No

North Norfolk

Planning Authority Score

5.4/10

Average

#125 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

North Norfolk ranks #175 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (96%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

North Norfolk decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

94%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #43 of 296

96%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #56 of 296

61%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #175 of 296

44%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #183 of 296

85%

Minor dwellings approved

113 decided (1-9 homes)

81%

Major dwellings approved

16 decided (10+ homes)

85%

Change of use approved

34 decided

906

Total decisions

56 refused in the year to March 2026