Sheringham Park Visitor Centre Wood Farm Sheringham NR26 8TL Data via plota.co.uk

PF/25/2648 - Full Planning Permission Pending Consideration

Proposal

Sheringham Park Visitor Centre improvements including: kitchen extension, glazing to cartshed, internal reconfiguration of barn, food kiosk, change of use of holiday cottage to visitor reception building, creation of service road connecting car park and service yard, demolition of derelict building adjacent Farm Cottage, new paths and arrival area, landscaping and associated works. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
27 Nov 2025
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Validated
5 Dec 2025
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Consultation
1 Jun 2026
Decision
Expected by 17 Jul 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision soon after comments close on 22 Jun 2026; it is now day 308.

The consultation period closed on 22 Jun 2026.

Documents 28

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 8

Norfolk Coast National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Upper Sheringham 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.
Council document ↗
Registered park or garden about 19 m away: Sheringham Hall
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Habitat network: Other Priority Habitats - NEZ
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
National infrastructure project about 967 m away: Sheringham and Dudgeon Extension Projects
The site is about 967 m from the project boundary. Generating station, 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
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Priority habitat about 15 m away: Deciduous woodland; 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 · 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

Application type
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
NR26 8TB
Received
27 Nov 2025
Validated
5 Dec 2025
Ward
Sheringham South
Parish
Upper Sheringham
Case officer
Show
Target decision
17 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 308, past the statutory target. 77% of full applications in North Norfolk are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 8 Oct 2026.

Day 308252 days past the 56-day target
40%decided within 8 weeks
91%approved
143decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by North Norfolk in the last twelve months, from validation. North Norfolk decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 8 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14249870
Planning Portal ref
PP-14249870
Consultation
1 Jun 2026
Comments by
22 Jun 2026
Site or press notice
18 Dec 2025
Statutory expiry
30 Jan 2026
Env. assessment
No
North Norfolk
Planning Authority Score
5.4/10
Average
#125 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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