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

end of the property include an arched gateway that would have provided access to a
stable/coach house in the rear garden. The house has been extended to the rear with a
conservatory and wing along the western boundary providing a kitchen extension. The
garden to Lime House is bounded to the west for about half of its length by the wall of the
converted barns to the rear of the neighbouring Mulberry Tree House. For the remainder
there is a 3m high wall. A stable or ‘gig house’ with consent for use as an annex lies on the
eastern boundary alongside the church yard before the garden to London House starts.
London House is also Grade II Listed. It is currently on the County Buildings at Risk
Register. It is slightly smaller than Lime House (3 bays, albeit with more generous
proportions than Lime House) and dates from a similar period. It is vacant and in a semiderelict
state. It has a triangular shaped garden to the rear, sharing a boundary with Lime
House to the west and the church to the east. A lower, two storey later addition has been
made to the eastern end of London House and was previously used as a shop although the
shop front is now boarded up with sheeting to prevent access. Beyond this but still in the
application site is an area of land last used as a petrol station and garage.
There are a total of 20 individual trees on or adjacent to the application site, which lies in the
East Rudham Conservation Area and within Built Environment Type C on the Local Plan
proposals map.
The application contains two distinct elements: creation of a self-contained unit of
accommodation in what is now the rear garden of Lime House; and the renovation and
change of use of London House to bring the entirety of the property (including the former
shop) into residential use.
The creation of the self-contained dwelling would be achieved by extending the existing gig
house for approximately 17m at single storey level along the eastern boundary of the
garden. This extension would be in line with but just off the boundary wall with the church
yard and would culminate in a 1½ storey building of the same height as the gig house that
runs at 90 degrees from the wall for around 13.5m. The plans show that 9 trees would have
to be removed to accommodate the new build.
Access to the new dwelling would be to the east of London House across land previously
used as the petrol station/garage and then across the rear of the garden to London House.
The garden to Lime House would be sub-divided with 2 parking spaces to the rear, negating
the need to use the current access via the gateway directly off the A148. Two double cart
sheds are to be constructed to provide car parking for London House and the new dwelling;
these would be sited mid-way between Lime house and the gig house. The plans show that
1 tree would be lost to provide the parking and manoeuvring area and 4 would be lost to
provide the new access.
The renovation and conversion of London House involves extensive internal repairs and
renovations, which are covered by the Listed Building application. Externally, the shop front
is to be removed and replaced with 2 new windows, one each below existing first floor
windows. Three new window openings would be inserted on the northern elevation of the
shop. The land that was last used as a petrol filling station would be enclosed by a 1m high
wall topped with 1.2m high metal railings and used as garden land. One willow tree would
be removed as a result.
11/00950/F Development Control Board
25 July 2011
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