11/00713/F - Borough Council of King's Lynn & West Norfolk

SUPPORTING CASE
A Design & Access Statement has been prepared to accompany a planning application for
the property, currently a public house. The proposal for the site has taken account of the
characteristics of the site and surrounding area in terms of its size, features, surrounding
properties and uses, and has been used to assess the best form of development for the
property. The application is for a change of use from public house to residential use, and
deals with the principle of use of the site. There are no proposed structural changes and no
proposed external changes other than removal of the existing public house signage, and
thus no design implications.
The site lies within the development area boundaries of Three Holes and as such
the proposed use in this location is in accordance with adopted planning policy.
A separate Planning Statement deals with the business history and trading information
relating to the current use and justification for the proposal under draft policy CS10 of the
Draft Core Strategy.
The property has been a public house for many years. The proposal is to change
this use to a single residential dwelling, without structural or external alteration. The currently
adopted plan has this property within the development area boundary within which housing
is generally permitted subject to design considerations. The Draft Core Strategy designates
Three Holes as a Rural Village, and Draft Policy CS09 envisages small scale development
mainly comprising infilling in such settlements. Thus the provision on one dwelling in such a
location is entirely in accordance with both existing and emerging policy. Policy CS10 deals
with business premises in villages and whilst their retention is encouraged, it does permit a
change away from business use where that use in not viable. A separate Planning
Statement deals with this aspect.
The Property is shown on the Environment Agency Flood Maps as being within
Flood Risk Zone 1 (low risk) and also on the maps within The Borough Council of
Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (Dec2008) with
allowance for climate change as also being Category 1 (Little or no risk). No Flood Risk
Assessment for the property is therefore required to be submitted with the application.
PLANNING HISTORY
10/00827/CU – C/u from public house to one residential dwelling with no alterations to the
structure of the building – Refused 13.07.2010
05/00275/CU – C/u of land to site static caravans for overflow B & B accommodation –
Withdrawn 01.07.2005
CONSULTATIONS
Town/Parish Council: APPROVE
Local Highway Authority (NCC): Requests a single point of access not open frontage
parking.
11/00630/CU Development Control Board
25 July 2011
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