Station Farm Station Road Stanhoe King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8QN Data via plota.co.uk

25/01227/LDE - Lawful Use Certificate - Existing Use Approved

Proposal

APPLICATION FOR LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE: Residential dwelling without conditions imposed by Planning Permission (Ref: ) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
22 Jul 2025
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Consultation
24 Jul 2025
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Approved
28 Oct 2025

Approved on 28 Oct 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 15 Oct 2026

Site constraints 3

Also on the record
Scheduled monument about 224 m away: Village cross at north west end of Cross Lane; Inside the Stanhoe built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 1 November 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 1

Last sold for £540,000 in November 2024. Other property, freehold.

28 November 2024£540,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

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
Lawful Use Certificate - Existing Use
Postcode
PE31 8QN
Received
22 Jul 2025
Validated
22 Jul 2025
Ward
Burnham Market And Docking
Parish
Stanhoe
Case officer
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Target decision
13 Nov 2025
Decision
Was Lawful
Decision date
28 Oct 2025
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Gateway Planning Consultants

How this decision compares

Decided in 98 days from validation, 44 days slower than Kings Lynn's median of 54 for lawful development certificates. Approved, as 81% of lawful development certificates here are.

82%decided within 8 weeks
81%approved
79decided in the last year

Plota live figures for lawful development certificates 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-14188868
Planning Portal ref
PP-14188868
Consultation
24 Jul 2025
Comments by
14 Aug 2025
Statutory expiry
16 Sept 2025
Env. assessment
No
Kings Lynn
Planning Authority Score
8.4/10
Excellent
#17 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.