Former Westwick House 70 Westwick Street Norwich NR2 4SY Data via plota.co.uk

26/00961/F - Full Awaiting decision

Proposal

Construction of new open public car park. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
25 Sept 2026
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Validated
9 Oct 2026
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Consultation
9 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 4 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 30 Nov 2026, from Norwich's recent full applications.

Comments are open until 11 Nov 2026

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Site constraints 9

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 23 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.
Also on the record
Scheduled monument about 181 m away: City walls and towers; 5 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Norwich built-up area; Flood defence about 50 m from the postcode pin (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 15 year flood).
Not affected
Not green belt

Checked on 10 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 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
Full
Postcode
NR2 4SY
Received
25 Sept 2026
Validated
9 Oct 2026
Ward
Mancroft
Applicant
Show
Agent
Architects Two Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 19 of the 56-day target. Norwich usually decides full applications by day 52.

Day 1937 days to the 56-day target
71%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
5%go to committee

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

26 neighbours consulted · Last counted 25 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Neighbours
9 Oct 2026
Consultation
9 Oct 2026
Comments by
11 Nov 2026
Site or press notice
21 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No
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