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PU/26/1803 - PA/COU Agri > Flexible Commerical (45) Approved

Proposal

Prior Approval for change of use of existing agricultural workshop building to Class E motor vehicle servicing workshop (excluding heavy body repairs, paint spraying, noisy operations and vehicle sales/scrapping as per correspondence received 8th October 2026). Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 27 Oct 2026, 02:07

Application progress

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Received

24 Aug 2026

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Consultation

27 Aug 2026

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Approved

22 Oct 2026

Approved on 22 Oct 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 23 Oct 2026

Documents 14

Consultation & comments 8

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 9 Oct 2026 View ↗

PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 5 Oct 2026 View ↗

PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 26 Sept 2026 View ↗

PDF Elected member response Consultee Comment · 12 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Highways response Consultee Comment · 7 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Parish council response Consultee Comment · 4 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Environmental health response Consultee Comment · 28 Aug 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 10

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.

Weybourne 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 ↗

Scheduled monument about 71 m away: Weybourne priory

Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.

Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.

Historic England ↗

National infrastructure project about 334 m away: Sheringham and Dudgeon Extension Projects

The site is about 334 m from the project boundary. Generating station, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: Hornsea Project Three Offshore Wind Farm (decided, about 586 m).

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 ↗

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1

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

Also on the record

6 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Radon affected area, class 2; SSSI about 301 m away: Weybourne Town Pit SSSI; Inside the Weybourne (North Norfolk) 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 17 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, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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: North Norfolk
Application type: PA/COU Agri > Flexible Commerical (45)
Received: 24 Aug 2026
Validated: 24 Aug 2026
Ward: Coastal
Parish: Weybourne
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 23 Oct 2026
Decision: Prior Approval Given
Decision date: 22 Oct 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Bidwells LLP

How this decision compares

Decided in 59 days from validation, 14 days faster than North Norfolk's median of 73 for changes of use. Approved, as 90% of changes of use here are.

This one59d

Council73d

UK56d

31%decided within 8 weeks

90%approved

78decided in the last year

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

Public comments

2comments received

1 objecting1 neutral

4 neighbours consulted · Last counted 23 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15175301
Planning Portal ref: PP-15175301
Consultation: 27 Aug 2026
Comments by: 8 Oct 2026
Site or press notice: 17 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry: 19 Oct 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