Ford Cottage Low Road West Acre KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE32 1TR Data via plota.co.uk

Decided 25/01459/DISC_B
Admin / procedural
Council
Kings Lynn 8.4/10
Date received
15 Dec 2025
Date validated
16 Dec 2025
Postcode
PE32 1TR

Description

DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 8 FOR FORD COTTAGE ONLY FROM PLANNING PERMISSION - Variation of condition 1 of Planning Permission : The Stag Inn- Alterations and extension to pub, change of use to bedrooms for short-term letting. Enlarge the car park. Ford Cottage- Change of use from dwelling house to short-term let bedrooms including extension and alterations, car park and associated landscape work. Data via plota.co.uk

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      Conditions 1, 8 decided (outcome not recorded)

      • ConditionsDISCHARGE OF CONDITION 8 FOR FORD COTTAGE ONLY FROM - Variation of condition 1 - The Stag Inn…This application25/01459/DISC_B

Site constraints 6

Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
SSSI about 16 m away: River Nar SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Scheduled monument about 108 m away: West Acre Priory, and square barrow within the precinct
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 ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
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 1749 m away: The Droves Solar Farm; Priority habitat about 32 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

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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Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 16, 17 AND 18 FROM PLANNING PERMISSION 25/01459/F - Variation of…
25/01459/DISC_A
2025 Approved
DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 16, 17 AND 18 FROM PLANNING PERMISSION 25/01459/F - Variation of…
25/01459/DISC_A
2025 Approved
VARIATION OF CONDITION 1 OF PLANNING PERMISSION 24/00926/F: The Stag Inn- Alterations and…
25/01459/F
2025 Approved
VARIATION OF CONDITION 1 OF PLANNING PERMISSION 24/00926/F: The Stag Inn- Alterations and…
25/01459/F
2024 Approved
DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 6, 13 and 16 of revised Planning Permission 24/00926/F: VARIATION…
22/01857/DISC_A
2024 Approved
DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 6, 13 and 16 of revised Planning Permission 24/00926/F: VARIATION…
24/00926/DISC_A
2024 Approved
DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 6, 13 and 16 of revised Planning Permission 24/00926/F: VARIATION…
22/01857/DISC_A
2024 Approved
DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 6, 13 and 16 of revised Planning Permission 24/00926/F: VARIATION…
24/00926/DISC_A
2024 Approved
VARIATION OF CONDITION 4 OF PLANNING CONSENT 22/01857/F : The Stag Inn- Alterations and e…
24/00926/F
2024 Approved
VARIATION OF CONDITION 4 OF PLANNING CONSENT 22/01857/F : The Stag Inn- Alterations and e…
24/00926/F
2022 Approved
The Stag Inn- Alterations and extension to pub, change of use to bedrooms for short-term…
22/01857/F
2022 Approved
The Stag Inn- Alterations and extension to pub, change of use to bedrooms for short-term…
22/01857/F
Kings Lynn
Planning Authority Score
8.4/10
Excellent
#17 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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%).

Among the fastest councils in England
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Kings Lynn decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
89%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #133 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #82 of 296
87%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #20 of 296
27%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #41 of 296
76%
Minor dwellings approved
261 decided (1-9 homes)
85%
Major dwellings approved
26 decided (10+ homes)
89%
Change of use approved
44 decided
1,216
Total decisions
131 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings