5 public notices to be aware of in Norfolk this week

1. Farm barns could become four homes

One of the current barns (Image: THE RURAL ARCHITECT/NNDC planning portal)

An agricultural and estate business has put forward an application to convert traditional barns into four houses at Ivy Farm in Tunstead.

Worstead Farms applied to North Norfolk District Council (NNDC) for the houses, as well as a new garage and plant room.

The barns, originally linked to Ivy Farmhouse, are currently being used for agricultural storage and to produce chickens.

Proposed plans show they would be converted into one two-bedroom house and three three-bedroom houses.

There would be 10 parking spaces for the homes, as well as each property getting an EV charger in the parking area.

Access to the barns would be via Anchor Street, which has a 60mph speed limit – although planning documents state it is a "quite country road".

To view or comment on the plans, search PF/26/2006 on the NNDC planning portal.

2. Restaurant could open in vacant city site

A restaurant serving sushi burritos could be opening at the former Mexican site, Nanna Mexico, which was later taken over by Lightea (Image: Newsquest)

A new restaurant offering sushi burritos could be opening in Norwich as proposals for the store front emerge.

The business could open at the vacant spot at 23 White Lion Street, which used to be home to Nanna Mexico and later, Lightea, a bubble tea café.

According to the proposals, the ground floor will be a "sushi burrito outlet, predominantly take-away with a small amount of internal seating".

The applicant, known only in the plans as Mr Moya, hopes to install new double entrance doors and shop signs.

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3. Planning bid launched by couple to build new single-storey home

The home would be built on land north of Foulsham Road in Bintree near Dereham. (Image: Google Maps)

A couple has launched a planning bid to build a new single-storey home on land near Dereham

The proposals were put forward by Mr and Mrs Fairweather for land north of Foulsham Road in Bintree.

The home would include three bedrooms, a kitchen, dressing room, utility room and garage among other features.

Two parking spaces have also been earmarked, with access from the site to the adjacent public highway to be upgraded.

It was said that the property would be "in keeping" with the character of the local built environment.

Breckland Council is due to make a decision on the plans at a later date.

To view the application in full, visit the council's planning portal, using the reference: PL/2026/0747/FMIN.

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4. Grade II listed former warehouse could become beauty parlour

The property on Kings Staithe Lane, in King's Lynn. (Image: Google Maps)

Nick Curtis has applied to change the layout of a Grade II listed building on Kings Staithe Lane, near the River Ouse in King's Lynn.

He hopes to install studwork walls and doors to create private three treatment rooms for a beauty parlour.

Planning papers say the property was formerly a hair salon but has been vacant since 2022.

"We now have a tenant looking to move their successful cosmetic and beauty business into the space and importantly, into King’s Lynn town centre," a statement says.

"The existing space was large enough to accommodate their plans but they required private internal treatment rooms which could be achieved with the installation of studwork walls."

It adds the work would have "minimal impact" on the Grade II listed building, which was originally built as a warehouse in the 18th century.

5. New bid to redevelop shoe magnate's unusual 'Spanish Colonial' home

Plans have been revealed to redevelop Brownsea, a five-bedroom house in Holme (Image: Chris Bishop)

Neil Williamson has applied to extend the "Spanish Colonial-style" five-bedroom house at Holme, near Hunstanton, after being refused permission to knock it down and replace it with a more modern property.

The property, called Brownsea, was built by the architect Shirley Harrison shortly after the First World War as a coastal getaway for Charles Bennion, a wealthy shoe manufacturer from Leicestershire.

His company, British United Shoe Machinery, became the largest manufacturer of footwear machinery in the world, and helped revolutionise the industry before his death in 1929, at the age of 72.

A planning statement says: "The proposal aims to enlarge the existing dwelling to incorporate an open plan living arrangement providing ample circulation and natural light to all areas of the property.

"The design looks to retain as much of the existing property as possible and aims to provide extensions to increase functionality and circulation."

Extensions on the ground floor will create a "generous" entrance hall and an open-plan kitchen and dining area.

The garage will be removed and replaced with an extension including an ensuite bedroom, while another bedroom will be created inside the property.