Clydesdale Biggs Road Walsoken WISBECH Norfolk PE14 7BD Data via plota.co.uk

26/01400/F - Full Application Awaiting decision

Proposal

Change of use of land to form a pitch for a Gypsy Traveller consisting of one static caravan, one touring caravan and ancillary works (retrospective) Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 18 Oct 2026, 05:27

Application progress

✓

Received

25 Aug 2026

✓

Validated

13 Oct 2026

Decision

Expected by 8 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 8 Dec 2026, from Kings Lynn's recent changes of use.

Documents 19

Site constraints 4

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 ↗

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 2. 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.

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 1224 m away: Medworth Energy from Waste Combined Heat and Power Facility.

Not affected

Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 15 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: Kings Lynn
Application type: Full Application
Postcode: PE14 7BD
Received: 25 Aug 2026
Validated: 13 Oct 2026
Ward: Walsoken, West Walton And Walpole
Parish: Walsoken
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 8 Dec 2026
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: Stuart Carruthers

Decision outlook

Day 6 of the 56-day target. Kings Lynn usually decides changes of use by day 56.

prediction

Day 650 days to the 56-day target

68%decided within 8 weeks

76%approved

114decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Kings Lynn in the last twelve months, from validation. Kings Lynn decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 15 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15182373
Planning Portal ref: PP-15182373
Statutory expiry: 8 Dec 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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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