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1, The Cottages The Street, South Lopham, Diss, Norfolk, IP22 2LH

3PL/2023/0780/FFull (Historic)Approved
Full

Approved on 16 November 2023

Council decision: Granted with conditions

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

Proposal

Material change of use of shed for the storage and restoration of vintage vehicles and equipment on the land (personal use) (Retrospective)

Received
4 August 2023
Ward
Launditch
  1. Received4 Aug
  2. Validated21 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target16 Nov
  5. Decided16 Nov

Decided in 56 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 1, The Cottages The Street, South Lopham, Diss, Norfolk, IP22 2LH. Breckland has handled 2,146 applications of this type. This one was decided in 104 days, 9 weeks longer than Breckland's typical decision time. The site is in the South Lopham conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Launditch. We hold 1,540 applications in total for the IP22 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
IP22 2LH
Application type
Full (Historic)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
South Lopham

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 September 2023
Consultation expiry
23 October 2023
Target decision date
16 November 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Samuel Zachary Wheeler Shoe Makers 1 The Street South Lopham Diss IP22 2LH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
2 October 2023
Advertisement expiry
23 October 2023
Site notice start
26 September 2023
Site notice end
17 October 2023

Additional information

Documents
19

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: South Lopham
  • 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, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, 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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