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Former North Pickenham Airfield Hilborough Road PE37 8DX

3PL/2023/1218/FFullApproved

Approved on 25 September 2024

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Permission for 24 industrial units covering part of the site constituting Use Classes B8, E(g)(i)(ii)(iii).(ii) Change of Use for the remainder of the site to be used for industrial and Use Class B8 Storage

Received
22 December 2023
  1. Received22 Dec
  2. Validated29 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target30 Sep
  5. Decided25 Sep

Decided in 271 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Former North Pickenham Airfield Hilborough Road PE37 8DX. Breckland has handled 2,146 applications of this type. This one was decided in 278 days, 34 weeks longer than Breckland's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 134 applications in total for the PE37 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
PE37 8DX
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
NORTH PICKENHAM

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 December 2023
Consultation expiry
31 January 2024
Target decision date
30 September 2024
Committee meeting
24 September 2024

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
276 days

Publicity

Last advertised
8 January 2024
Advertisement expiry
29 January 2024
Site notice start
10 January 2024
Site notice end
31 January 2024

Additional information

Documents
59

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (22)

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, 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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