Colney Hall Watton Road Colney Norfolk NR4 7TY Data via plota.co.uk

2026/1959 - Full Pending Consideration

Proposal

Hybrid planning application comprising: (i) Full planning permission for the creation of the Colney Later Life Living Community comprising of 119 specialist later life living units (restricted to occupiers aged 55 and over), and communal buildings (providing communal facilities, medical space and Innovation and Research Space) access, internal roads, parking, landscaping, green infrastructure, sustainable drainage infrastructure, engineering operations and associated infrastructure; and (ii) Outline planning permission (with all matters reserved except access) for an 80-bed specialist dementia care home. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
6 Jul 2026
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Validated
22 Jul 2026
✓
Consultation
3 Aug 2026
Decision
Expected by 21 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 14 Oct 2026 and 2 Nov 2026, from South Norfolk Broadland's recent new homes.

The consultation period closed on 24 Sept 2026.

Documents 37

Plans & drawings 23

PDF 63444-rjl-xx-xx-dr-c-0001-p01 Watton road preliminary access option d Drawing (K) · 6 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 63444-rjl-xx-xx-dr-c-0002-p01 Watton road pedestrain and highway works option d Drawing (K) · 6 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 63444-rjl-xx-xx-dr-c-2500-s2-p01 Watton road preliminary access swept path analysis Drawing (K) · 6 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 567-sfl-ex-00-dr-l-0501-p01 Overall landscape plan Drawing (K) · 6 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 567-sfl-ex-00-dr-l-061-p01 Detail landscape plan - south Drawing (K) · 6 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 567-sfl-ex-00-dr-l-062-po1 Detail landscape plan - central Drawing (K) · 6 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 567-sfl-ex-00-dr-l-063-p01 Detail landscape plan - north Drawing (K) · 6 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 25100-lsi-col-xx-d-a-1175-s2-p01 Site block plan Drawing (K) · 6 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 25100-lsi-aaa-00-d-a-1300-s2-p01 Proposed ga type a ground & roof floor plan Drawing (K) · 6 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 25100-lsi-aaa-zz-d-a-1350-s2-p01 Proposed ga type a elevations sheet 01 Drawing (K) · 6 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 25100-lsi-bbb-00-d-a-1300-s2-p01 Proposed ga type b ground & roof floor plan Drawing (K) · 6 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 25100-lsi-bbb-zz-d-a-1350-s2-p01 Proposed ga type b elevations sheet 01 Drawing (K) · 6 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 25100-lsi-ccc-00-d-a-1300-s2-p01 Proposed ga type c ground & roof floor plan Drawing (K) · 6 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 25100-lsi-ccc-zz-d-a-1350-s2-p01 Proposed ga type c elevations sheet 01 Drawing (K) · 6 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 25100-lsi-ddd-00-d-a-1300-s2-p01 Proposed ga type d ground & roof floor plan Drawing (K) · 6 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 25100-lsi-ddd-zz-d-a-1350-s2-p01 Proposed ga type d elevations sheet 01 Drawing (K) · 6 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 25100-lsi-eee-00-d-a-1300-s2-p01 Proposed ga type e ground floor plan Drawing (K) · 6 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 25100-lsi-eee-rf-d-a-1310-s2-p01 Proposed ga community hub roof plan Drawing (K) · 6 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 25100-lsi-eee-zz-d-a-1350-s2-p01 Proposed ga community hub elevations sheet 01 Drawing (K) · 6 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 25100-lsi-eee-zz-d-a-1351-s2-p01 Proposed ga community hub elevations sheet 02 Drawing (K) · 6 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 25100-lsi-fff-00-d-a-1300-s2-p01 Proposed ga research pavilion ground and roof plan Drawing (K) · 6 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 25100-lsi-fff-zz-d-a-1350-s2-p01 Proposed ga research pavilion elevations sheet 01 Drawing (K) · 6 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 25100-lsi-col-xx-d-a-1170-s2-p03 Site location plan Drawing (K) · 6 Jul 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

Grade II listed: Colney Hall
List entry 1050758 · 1 m away
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.
Historic England ↗
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.
Article 4 direction
Colney Hall. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
Agricultural land, grade 3a
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 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
Priority habitat 15 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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

Application type
Full
Postcode
NR4 7TY
Received
6 Jul 2026
Validated
22 Jul 2026
Ward
Cringleford
Parish
Colney
Target decision
21 Oct 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Meadows

Decision outlook

Day 79 of the 91-day target. South Norfolk Broadland usually decides new homes by day 91.

Day 7912 days to the 91-day target
24%decided within 8 weeks
65%approved
84decided in the last year

Plota live figures for new homes decided by South Norfolk Broadland in the last twelve months, from validation. South Norfolk Broadland decision record →

Public comments

4comments received
3 objecting1 neutral

75% object · above the UK average of 74%

6 neighbours consulted · Last counted 8 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15059575
Planning Portal ref
PP-15059575
Neighbours
3 Aug 2026
Consultation
3 Aug 2026
Comments by
24 Sept 2026
Site or press notice
3 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
21 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No
South Norfolk Broadland
Planning Authority Score
5.9/10
Average
#106 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

South Norfolk Broadland ranks #136 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
South Norfolk Broadland decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
93%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #50 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #71 of 296
67%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #136 of 296
42%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #161 of 296
82%
Minor dwellings approved
137 decided (1-9 homes)
92%
Major dwellings approved
12 decided (10+ homes)
100%
Change of use approved
33 decided
1,013
Total decisions
67 refused in the year to March 2026