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The Old Police House Foxley Road, Bawdeswell, Dereham, Norfolk, NR20 4RS

3PL/2023/0704/FFull (Historic)Withdrawn
Full

Withdrawn on 14 August 2023

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of outbuilding from childcare facility to holiday let

Received
11 July 2023
Ward
Upper Wensum
  1. Received11 Jul
  2. Validated4 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target29 Sep
  5. Decided14 Aug

Decided in 10 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at The Old Police House Foxley Road, Bawdeswell, Dereham, Norfolk, NR20 4RS. Breckland has handled 2,146 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 34 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. 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 4RS
Application type
Full (Historic)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bawdeswell

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 August 2023
Target decision date
29 September 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Daniel Taylor The Old Police House Bawdeswell Norfolk NR20 4RS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation 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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