Planning application
48 - 72 St Stephens Street Norwich NR1 3SH
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to 70no. residential dwellings (Use Class C3) under Part 3, Schedule 2, Class MA of the Town & Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).
As published by the council, reference 26/00436/PA
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00436/PA
- Category
- Prior approval
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approved
- Received
- 5 May 2026
- Validated
- 3 Jun 2026
- Decided
- 14 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Mancroft
- Postcode
- NR1 3SH
Site history
Applications at this address on the Norwich register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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26/00437/F Granted
48 - 72 St Stephens Street Norwich NR1 3SH
External alterations, including the creation of a courtyard, new windows and doors (to enable conversion of the existing 1st and 2nd floors to residential (Use Class C3) under Permitted Development).
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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5 May 2026
Received by Norwich
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3 Jun 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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24 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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14 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Approved
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30 Aug 2026
Status changed to Decided
Previously Awaiting decision.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Leonard Design Agent, a design practice registered in Nottingham
Administration · incorporated 2006 · Nottingham
10 applications on PlanIndex · across 5 councils
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
25 documents on file for this application
- Revised first floor plan proposed
- Revised north east elevation proposed
- Superseded first floor plan proposed
- Norfolk county council highways consultation response
- Revised nutrient neutrality budget calculator
- Ncc environmental protection
- Anglian water
- Phase 1 geo environmental report
- Phase 1 geo environmental report
- Phase 1 geo environmental report
- Phase 1 geo environmental report
- Phase 1 geo environmental report
- Ncc design and conservation
- Ncc design & conservation
- Norfolk county council public health consultation response
- Norwich city council environmental protection
- Norfolk & suffolk icb estates & sustainability
- Norfolk county highway
- Norwich city council environment services
- Nutrient neutrality budget calculator
- 1806 st stephens st - design and access statement final lr
- Proposed ground floor
- Location plan
- Superseded first floor
- Superseded second floor
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Norwich granted permission on 14 August 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.
About prior approval applications
Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.
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48 - 72 St Stephens Street Norwich NR1 3SH
External alterations, including the creation of a courtyard, new windows and doors (to enable conversion of the existing 1st and 2nd floors to residential (Use Class C3) under Permitted Development).
Granted Full applications Windows or glazing 28 docs -
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Awaiting decision -
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