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Development Plot 589049 317267 Dereham Road, Litcham, Norfolk

3PN/2019/0038/UCFCU Flexible change of use (S2, PT4)Refused
Prior approval

Refused on 20 August 2019

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

Proposal

Prior approval for Change of use of agricultural building to a dwelling (permitted development) Class Q GPDO.

Received
9 July 2019
Ward
Launditch
  1. Received9 Jul
  2. Validated9 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target3 Sep
  5. Decided20 Aug

Decided in 42 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Development Plot 589049 317267 Dereham Road, Litcham, Norfolk,. Breckland has handled 221 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days. The site is in the Litcham conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Launditch. We hold 1,151 applications in total for the PE32 postcode area.

89% of amendment 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
PE32 2NU
Application type
FCU Flexible change of use (S2, PT4)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Litcham

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 July 2019
Consultation expiry
15 August 2019
Target decision date
3 September 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Colin J Smith Down Ampney Well Hill Yaxham Dereham Norfolk NR19 1RX

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
25 July 2019
Site notice end
15 August 2019

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.

  • Conservation area: Litcham
  • 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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