Planning application
Home Farm Bircham Road Houghton King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 6ZD
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Installation of a ground-mounted solar array at Home Farm together with associated works, to serve agricultural and Estate energy needs.
As published by the council, reference 26/00415/F
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00415/F
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Application Permitted
- Decision
- Granted As published: Application Permitted
- Received
- 4 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 26 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 26 May 2026
- Ward
- Bircham With Rudhams
- Parish
- Houghton
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- PE31 6ZD
Timeline
Dates from the published record
-
4 Mar 2026
Received by King’s Lynn and West Norfolk
-
26 Mar 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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26 May 2026
Decision issued: Application Permitted
-
9 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Principle Planning Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Norwich
Active · incorporated 2020 · Norwich
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
34 documents on file for this application
- DECISION
- OFFICER REPORT
- ECOLOGY OFFICER - CLAIRE WIGGS
- EOT AGREED
- LOCATION PLAN
- BIODIVERSITY STATUTORY METRIC TABLE
- CONDITION ASSESSMENT TABLE
- LOCATION PLAN
- BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN ASSESSMENT
- AGENT EMAIL
- PARISH COUNCIL COMMENTS
- CONSERVATION OFFICER - LYNETTE FAWKES
- HISTORIC ENGLAND COMMENTS
- NCC HIGHWAYS CORRESPONDENCE
- HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT SERVICES COMMENTS
- HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT SERVICES COMMENTS
- ECOLOGY OFFICER - CLAIRE WIGGS
- INVALID LETTER (NOT INCORRECT FEE)
- HOME FARM SITE PLAN - AERIAL
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- PLANTING PLAN
- FLEX 500 KEY DIMENSIONS
- APPLICATION FORM
- LOCATION PLAN MEASURED AREA
- LOCATION PLAN
- FLOOD RISK PROFORMA
- BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN ASSESSMENT
- GROUND MOUNTED SOLAR FRAME LAYOUT & ELEVATION 132 KWP
- GROUND MOUNTED SOLAR FRAME LAYOUT & ELEVATION 408 KWP
- PLANNING STATEMENT INCORPORATING DAS
- MULTI SOURCE POWER UNIT DETAILS
- HOUGHTONSOLAR - CONDITION ASSESSMENT
- HOUGHTONSOLAR - STATUTORY METRIC
- AGENT CORRESPONDENCE
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk granted permission on 26 May 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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