Planning application
Colney Hall Watton Road Colney Norfolk NR4 7TY
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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.
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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
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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6 Jul 2026
Received by Broadland
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22 Jul 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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8 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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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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68 documents on file for this application
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Awaiting decision Outline 16 docs -
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