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The Canary And Linnet Main Road, Little Fransham, Fransham, Dereham, Norfolk, NR19 2JW

3PL/2023/0727/FFull (Historic)Refused
Full

Refused on 22 November 2023

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

Proposal

Proposed change of use and conversion from a public house (Sui Generis) to a self-contained residential dwelling (C3)

Received
19 July 2023
Ward
Upper Wensum
  1. Received19 Jul
  2. Validated30 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target30 Nov
  5. Decided22 Nov

Decided in 84 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Canary And Linnet Main Road, Little Fransham, Fransham, Dereham, Norfolk, NR19 2JW. Breckland has handled 2,146 applications of this type. This one was decided in 126 days, 12 weeks longer than Breckland's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 77 applications across Upper Wensum. We hold 1,669 applications in total for the NR19 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
NR19 2JW
Application type
Full (Historic)
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Fransham

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 August 2023
Consultation expiry
22 September 2023
Target decision date
30 November 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Planning Direct The Furnace The Maltings Princes Street Ipswich IP1 1SB

Planning decision

Statutory period
92 days

Publicity

Site notice start
22 September 2023
Site notice end
22 September 2023

Additional information

Documents
30

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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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