\n Plans were put forward for the Nationwide Building Society in the Market Place in Fakenham.\n<\/p>\n
\n The proposals would see a new ATM and accessible ramp being installed outside the branch.\n<\/p>\n
\n This will ensure the machine is available to all due to the variance of external to internal levels.\n<\/p>\n
\n The proposals would see a new ATM being installed outside the branch (Image: Google)\n<\/p>\n
\n According to planning documents, Nationwide is the “sole remaining bank” in the town.\n<\/p>\n
\n This follows the closures of HSBC in May 2023<\/a>, NatWest in August 2023<\/a>, Barclays in October 2023<\/a>, and Lloyds Bank last year<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n \n The company has publicly committed to keeping all of its branches open until at least the start of 2030 – with the Nationwide in Fakenham expected to remain for a further three-and-a-half years.\n<\/p>\n \n It was said the revamp will “improve accessibility” and “restore convenient public access to essential banking services” following the removal of a previous centralised machine from the site.\n<\/p>\n \n A spokesman for the organisation added: “Maintaining accessible cash facilities within the town is considered important for residents, local businesses, and visitors, and contributes positively to the town\u2019s economic vitality.\n<\/p>\n \n “The proposal balances the preservation of the building\u2019s character with the need to provide an essential community service, offering a meaningful economic and social benefit to Fakenham town centre”.\n<\/p>\n \n \n It also highlighted that there would be “no permanent harm to the architectural integrity of the building” as a result of the proposal.\n<\/p>\n \n However, the plans were recommended for refusal after concerns were raised over the “impact and protrusion” of the development into the open space.\n<\/p>\n \n Planning officers added that the proposal would “would obscure features of architectural or historical interest” and is “uncharacteristic of a building’s design”.\n<\/p>\n \n A decision will be made by North Norfolk District Council at a development committee meeting on Thursday (July 16).\n<\/p>\n \n To view the plans in full, visit the council’s planning portal, using the reference: PF\/26\/0688.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Plans were put forward for the Nationwide Building Society in the Market Place in Fakenham. The proposals would…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":689601,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-689600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=689600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/689601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=689600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=689600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=689600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}A decision on the plans will be made by North Norfolk District Council later this week (Image: Newsquest)\n<\/p>\n