King Street, Environmental Impact Assessment

Norwich City Council

The Town And Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 Notice Under Regulation 30 Of The Determination Of A

Planning Application Accompanied By An Environmental Statement (An EIA Application)

Development at: Carrow Works, King Street, Norwich.

Ref: 22/00879/F.

We give notice that planning permission has been refused by Norwich City Council, for development of the following description: Hybrid (Part Full/Part Outline) for the comprehensive redevelopment of Carrow Works.

A full planning application comprising the construction of the principal means of access, the primary internal road and associated public spaces and public realm, including restoration and change of use of Carrow Abbey to former use as residential (Use Class C3), alteration and extension and conversion to residential use, (Use Class C3) of the Lodge, Garage and Gardener's Cottage and the Stable Cottages, development of the former Abbey Dining Room for residential use (Use Class C3), adaptation and conversion for flexible uses (Class E and/or C2 and/or C1 and/or C3 and/or F1 and/or F2 and/or B2 and/or B8 and/or Sui Generis) for buildings 207, 92, 206, 7 (7a, 8 and 8a), 209, 35, the Chimney and Class E and/or B2 and/or B8 for the retained Workshop (Block 258), (providing a combined total of up to 143 residential units and 17,625sqm of flexible commercial business, service and local community and learning floorspace), enhanced access to Carrow Abbey and Scheduled Ancient Monument and associated ancillary works and an outline planning application for demolition of existing buildings and replacement with phased residential-led development up to 1,716 units (Use Class C3 and/or Class E and/or F1 and/or F2 and/or C1 and/or C2 and/or B2 and/or B8 and/or Sui Generis), (total of 9,005sqm of commercial, business, service, local community and learning and Sui Generis floorspace) landscaping, open space, new and modified access.

The application as submitted was accompanied by an environmental statement and considering the information contained within, it was concluded that significant effects on the environment cannot be excluded and therefore is likely. The decision, the main reasons and considerations on which the decision is based are documented within the committee report which is also available to view on the Council's website www.norwich.gov.uk/carrowworks.