Planning application
48 - 72 St Stephens Street Norwich NR1 3SH
Works: Windows or glazing
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
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).
As published by the council, reference 26/00437/F
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00437/F
- Category
- Full applications
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 5 May 2026
- Validated
- 29 May 2026
- Ward
- Mancroft
- Postcode
- NR1 3SH
Site history
Applications at this address on the Norwich register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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26/00436/PA Granted
48 - 72 St Stephens Street Norwich NR1 3SH
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).
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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5 May 2026
Received by Norwich
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29 May 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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24 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 24 July 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Norwich took a median of 52 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
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
9 applications on PlanIndex · across 5 councils
Trade members see everything this firm has filed, how it was decided, and get an email the day it files again.
See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
28 documents on file for this application
- Revised proposed roof plan
- Revised first floor plan proposed
- Revised north west elevation proposed
- Revised north east elevation proposed
- Superseded first floor plan
- Superseded first floor plan
- Revised second floor plan
- Norwich city council conservation and design
- Norwich city council environmental protection
- Press notice
- Neighbour consultation letter
- Noise impact assessment 102479-ro1v1
- Superseded proposed roof plan
- Proposed couryard elevations
- Proposed se elevations
- Proposed sw elevations
- Superseded proposed nw elevations
- Superseded proposed ne elevations
- Applicationformredacted
- Site location plan
- Proposed ground floor plan
- Ground floor
- First floor
- Second floor
- Roof
- Elevations
- Form_1_cil_additional_information
- Design and access statement final lr
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Norwich for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Norwich decided full applications in a median of 61 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About full applications
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