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Colney Hall Watton Road Colney Norfolk NR4 7TY

Awaiting decision Broadland 2026/1959 Full

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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.

As published by the council, reference 2026/1959

Application record

Reference
2026/1959
Type
Full
Status
Pending Consideration
Received
6 Jul 2026
Validated
22 Jul 2026
Ward
Cringleford
Parish
Colney
Postcode
NR4 7TY

Site history

Applications at this address on the Broadland register

This site has had 2 applications since 2026.

  • 2026/1846 Awaiting decision

    Colney Hall Watton Road Colney Norfolk NR4 7TY

    Request for Screening Opinion pursuant to Regulation 6 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (as amended) for proposed Specialist retirement village and integrated care community

    Submitted 25 Jun 2026 Outline

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 6 Jul 2026

    Received by Broadland

  2. 22 Jul 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 8 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 16 September 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Broadland took a median of 52 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

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Meadows Ltd Agent

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Documents

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68 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Broadland for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Broadland decided full applications in a median of 122 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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    2026/1846 Submitted 25 Jun 2026 50 yards away

    56% historically approved · decision due ~20 Aug

    Request for Screening Opinion pursuant to Regulation 6 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (as amended) for proposed Specialist retirement village and integrated care community

    Awaiting decision Outline 16 docs
  • Colney Hall Watton Road Colney Norfolk NR4 7TY

    2026/1846 Submitted 25 Jun 2026 50 yards away

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    Request for Screening Opinion pursuant to Regulation 6 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (as amended) for proposed Specialist retirement village and integrated care community

    Awaiting decision Outline 16 docs
  • Colney Hall Watton Road Colney Norfolk NR4 7TY

    2026/1959 Submitted 6 Jul 2026 50 yards away

    85% historically approved · decision due ~16 Sep

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