Planning application
Calthorpe Lodge & White Cottages The Great Hospital Bishopgate Norwich NR1 4EJ
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Re-submission of change of use & associated internal & external remodelling of listed building White Cottages from sheltered housing & offices to sheltered housing & Conversion of Calthorpe Lodge from residential accommodation (previously occupied by vicar) to office space for the great hospital staff.
As published by the council, reference 26/00580/F
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00580/F
- Category
- Full applications
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 9 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 7 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Thorpe Hamlet
- Postcode
- NR1 4EJ
Comment by 2 October 2026
The council is taking comments on this application until then. Comments go to Norwich through their own planning portal.
Site history
Applications at this address on the Norwich register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026.
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26/00581/L Awaiting decision
Calthorpe Lodge & White Cottages The Great Hospital Bishopgate Norwich NR1 4EJ
Re-submission of change of use & associated internal & external remodelling of listed building White Cottages from sheltered housing & offices to sheltered housing & Conversion of Calthorpe Lodge from residential accommodation (previously occupied by vicar) to office space for the great hospital staff.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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9 Jun 2026
Received by Norwich
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7 Sep 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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11 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 2 November 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.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Application: 26/00581/L (Awaiting decision)
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Wright Consulting Limited Agent
7 applications on PlanIndex · across 3 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
18 documents on file for this application
- Email from agent
- Design, access and planning statement
- Nutrient neutrality budget calculator
- Applicationformredacted
- Existing plan and elevations - white cottages
- Proposed north and south elevations - white cottages
- Proposed east and west elevations - white cottages
- Proposed floor plans - white cottagestages
- Proposed site and roof plans - white cottages
- Heritage_impact_assessment-edit 2026
- Existing ground floor plans - calthorpe lodge
- Existing first floor plans - calthorpe lodge
- Proposed ground floor plans - calthorpe lodge
- Proposed first floor plans - calthorpe lodge
- Existing elevations - calthorpe lodge
- Proposed elevations - calthorpe lodge
- 26-410-07 location plan site plan
- 2026-06-02 design and access statement
Trade members open them from here.
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