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Rackham House, 39 Holt Road, North Elmham, Dereham, Norfolk, NR20 5JQ

3PL/2021/1678/HOUHOU Householder application for planning permission for works or extension to a dwellingApproved
Householder

Approved on 4 February 2022

Council decision: Granted with conditions

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Single storey side and rear extension

Received
20 December 2021
Ward
Upper Wensum
  1. Received20 Dec
  2. Validated20 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target14 Feb
  5. Decided4 Feb

Decided in 46 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at Rackham House, 39 Holt Road, North Elmham, Dereham, Norfolk, NR20 5JQ. Breckland has handled 2,146 applications of this type. This one was decided in 46 days, 4 days longer than Breckland's typical decision time. The site is in the North Elmham conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 77 applications across Upper Wensum. We hold 1,322 applications in total for the NR20 postcode area.

91% of full applications at Breckland District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
NR20 5JQ
Application type
HOU Householder application for planning permission for works or extension to a dwelling
Scale / size
Small
Parish
North Elmham

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 December 2021
Consultation expiry
1 February 2022
Target decision date
14 February 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
HOWIE ARCHITECTS Fuel Studios Kiln House, Norwich Norfolk NR2 1DX

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
10 January 2022
Advertisement expiry
31 January 2022
Site notice start
11 January 2022
Site notice end
1 February 2022

Additional information

Documents
23

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: North Elmham
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Wensum SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Breckland

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