Greenland House 28 Bridge Street King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 5AB

Pending 26/00867/LB
Council
Date received
22 May 2026
Date validated
28 May 2026
Postcode
PE30 5AB

Description

Application for listed building consent for external minor brickwork uplifts to chimney gables to improve roof weathering; structural conservation repairs to the external plinth and basement ventilation grille; and replacing deteriorating modern roof tiles with handmade flat tiles, supported by essential structural repairs to original timber purlins Internal: Forming a new opening in an 18th-century partition wall on the first floor to improve layout flexibility and visibility around rare Jacobean wall paintings, alongside a modern ground floor shower room refit. Accessibility & Demolition: Inserting new glazed door sets into modern 20th-century western extensions to achieve level DDA access, and the removal of a 3-meter section of a modern garden boundary wall.

Kings Lynn
Planning Authority Score
8/10
Excellent
#25 of 292 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Kings Lynn is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #21 out of 292. Only 29% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 40% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (94%) than the national average (90%).

Among the fastest councils in England
for householder decisions
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Kings Lynn decision performance
Based on MHCLG data, 2025
89%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #137 of 292
94%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #110 of 292
86%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (64%) #21 of 292
29%
Extended time limit
Below avg (40%) #46 of 292
77%
Minor dwellings approved
256 decided (1-9 homes)
78%
Major dwellings approved
27 decided (10+ homes)
93%
Change of use approved
42 decided
1,202
Total decisions
129 refused in 2025