Land S of 60 And SE of 71 Beach Road Holme next The Sea Norfolk Data via plota.co.uk

26/01173/LDE - Lawful Use Certificate - Existing Use Awaiting decision

Proposal

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for the use of land as a Certificated Location operated by Norfolk Camping CIC as a certificated exempt organisation, for the recreational use of its members in touring caravans, motorhomes and tents, limited to a maximum of 10 touring pitches at any one time, operational between 1 April and 31 October (214 days) in each calendar year, with no permanent structures, and with on-site warden supervision Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 8 Oct 2026, 05:17

Application progress

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Received

15 Jul 2026

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Validated

30 Jul 2026

✓

Consultation

31 Jul 2026

Decision

Expected by 24 Sept 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 24 Sept 2026.

The consultation period closed on 21 Aug 2026.

Documents 8

Statements & assessments 3

PDF SHADOW HABITATS REGULATIONS ASSESSMENT Correspondence · 30 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF SHADOW HABITATS REGULATIONS ASSESSMENT AND APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF LAWF Correspondence · 30 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF PLANNING STATEMENT Correspondence · 21 Jul 2026 View ↗

Application forms 3

PDF APPLICATION FORM Application Form · 30 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF INVALID LETTER (NOT INCORRECT FEE) Invalid Letter · 21 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF APPLICATION FORM Application Form · 21 Jul 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 6

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.

In flood zones plus climate change

Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From the sea. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.

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Agricultural land, grade 2

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) agrees.

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 Expansion Zone

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Special protection area about 433 m away: N Norfolk Coast; SSSI about 433 m away: North Norfolk Coast SSSI.

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 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: Lawful Use Certificate - Existing Use
Received: 15 Jul 2026
Validated: 30 Jul 2026
Ward: Brancaster
Parish: Holme next the Sea
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 24 Sept 2026
Applicant: Show

Public comments

7comments received

7 objecting

100% object · above the UK average of 74%

Last counted 7 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15078729
Planning Portal ref: PP-15078729
Consultation: 31 Jul 2026
Comments by: 21 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry: 24 Sept 2026
Env. assessment: No

Kings Lynn

Planning Authority Score

8.4/10

Excellent

#17 of 296 councils

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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%).

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for householder decisions

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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