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25/01317/D - Discharge of Conditions Approved
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Details of Condition 3: water efficiency and Condition 4: flood warning and evacuation plan of previous permission . Data via plota.co.uk

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Received
25 Nov 2025
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Approved
16 Jan 2026

Approved on 16 Jan 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 8 Oct 2026

Documents 4

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Decision notice Historic System Migration · 19 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Delegated report Historic System Migration · 19 Jan 2026 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF Additional information Historic System Migration · 27 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Additional information Historic System Migration · 27 Nov 2025 View ↗

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Associated applications 2

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    Conditions 3, 4 discharged

    • ConditionsDetails of Condition 3: water efficiency and Condition 4: flood warning and evacuation plan…This application25/01317/D

Site constraints 11

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 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 ↗
Nutrient neutrality catchment: Yare Broads and Marshes
New homes and overnight accommodation must show nutrient neutrality before approval.
Natural England advice: extra wastewater in these catchments harms protected habitats, so schemes must offset their nutrient load, usually through credits.
City Centre 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.
Air quality management area: Central Norwich AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
National park about 54 m away: The Broads
Outside the park; its setting can still be raised.
Landscape, scenic beauty and wildlife carry great weight, and major development is only allowed in exceptional circumstances.
17 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Birkbeck Hall at the Great Hospital, Grade II, about 54 m from the postcode pin · 6 Grade I, 2 Grade II*, 9 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Local nature reserve about 412 m away: Mousehold Heath; Scheduled monument about 212 m away: Bishop's Palace gate; SSSI about 427 m away: St James' Pit SSSI; Inside the Norwich built-up area; Flood defence about 43 m from the postcode pin (wall, designed for a 1 in 100 year flood).
Not affected
Not green belt

Checked on 2 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.

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Important details

Council
Norwich
Application type
Discharge of Conditions
Postcode
NR1 4FB
Received
25 Nov 2025
Validated
25 Nov 2025
Ward
Thorpe Hamlet
Case officer
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Decision
Approved
Decision date
16 Jan 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Cowper Griffith Architects LLP

Public comments

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Last counted 8 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14515704
Planning Portal ref
PP-14515704
Env. assessment
No

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Norwich
Planning Authority Score
8.6/10
Excellent
#15 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Norwich is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #68 out of 296. Only 22% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 97% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

More permissive than most councils
97% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Norwich decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
96%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #14 of 296
97%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #39 of 296
76%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #68 of 296
22%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #24 of 296
94%
Minor dwellings approved
34 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
2 decided (10+ homes)
89%
Change of use approved
38 decided
538
Total decisions
23 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings