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Development Plot 599398 322679 County School, Bintree, Norfolk

3PL/2023/0540/FFull (Historic)Refused
Full

Refused on 18 July 2023

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

Proposal

Demolition of two agricultural outbuildings and to be replaced with 1no. self-build dwelling, new driveway and proposed vehicular access

Received
24 May 2023
Ward
Upper Wensum
  1. Received24 May
  2. Validated24 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target19 Jul
  5. Decided18 Jul

Decided in 55 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Development Plot 599398 322679 County School, Bintree, Norfolk,. Breckland has handled 2,146 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 13 days longer than Breckland's typical decision time. The site is in the North Elmham conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 77 applications across Upper Wensum. We hold 1,323 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 5LE
Application type
Full (Historic)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bintree

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 May 2023
Consultation expiry
4 July 2023
Target decision date
19 July 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Parker Planning Services Ltd 13 - 15 Cathedral Street Norwich Norfolk NR1 1LU

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
5 June 2023
Advertisement expiry
26 June 2023
Site notice start
13 June 2023
Site notice end
4 July 2023

Appeal history

3337017
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 4 December 2024Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
29

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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