1 Mayfield Cottages, Silver Street NR17 2LE

3PL/2024/0465/HOUHouseholderApproved

Approved on 17 July 2024

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

Proposal

Proposed conversion of existing garage outbuilding to become family guest accommodation ancillary to main dwelling.

Received: 29 May 2024
Council: Breckland District Council

ReceivedReceived29 May
ValidatedValidated29 May
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date24 Jul
DecidedDecided17 Jul

Decided in 49 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 1 Mayfield Cottages, Silver Street NR17 2LE. Breckland has handled 2,146 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days longer than Breckland's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 428 applications in total for the NR17 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: NR17 2LE
Application type: Householder
Scale / size: Small
Parish: BESTHORPE

Planning application dates

Date validated: 29 May 2024
Target decision date: 24 July 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address: N J Myhill Architecture 13 Damgate Street Wymondham NR18 0BG

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 15

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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.

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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.

Source: Breckland

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