Land To The East of Ryston Road Denver Norfolk Data via plota.co.uk

Approved 25/01552/FM
Date received
22 Sept 2025
Date validated
29 Sept 2025

Description

Change of Use of Agricultural Land to Sui Generis for secure dog walking Data via plota.co.uk

Last checked

Planning committee

Decided by Kings Lynn Planning Committee on 2 Feb 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the low-level rural business would have acceptable access and impacts, subject to conditions.
  • The parish council, residents and consultees raised concerns including traffic, noise, fencing, wildlife and the footpath.
  • Members approved the application by 13 votes to nil, with one abstention, subject to correcting Condition 2.
Read how the committee decided The proposed dog walking field, site history, officers’ assessment, objections, committee debate, vote and decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Kings Lynn's committee minutes of 2 Feb 2026.

Associated applications 2

Site constraints 4

Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; 1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Denver 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 · No scheduled monument at the site

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, 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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Kings Lynn
Planning Authority Score
8.4/10
Excellent
#17 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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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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