Development Site 602347 314309 Elsing Lane, Dereham, Norfolk
Proposal
Change of use and alterations to facilitate the conversion of a redundant brick barn to form two dwellings and the conversion of part of a redundant modern chicken broiler house to provide three dwellings and the creation of a new access from Elsing Lane.
- Received
- 1 November 2023
- Decided
- 4 January 2024 · Refused
- Council
- Breckland District Council
- Ward
- Dereham Neatherd
- ReceivedSubmitted1 Nov
- ValidatedValidated14 Nov
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date9 Jan
- DecidedDecided4 Jan
Decided in 51 days (council typically 42)
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Development Site 602347 314309 Elsing Lane, Dereham, Norfolk,. Breckland has handled 2,146 applications of this type and approves 90% of them, typically deciding them in 55 days. This one was decided in 64 days, 9 days longer than Breckland's median. The site is in the Dereham conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 48 applications across Dereham Neatherd.
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- Conservation area: Dereham
- Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Wensum SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (19)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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.
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