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Owl Cottage The Common, Gateley, Dereham, Norfolk, NR20 5EG

PL/2025/1612/HOUHOU Householder application for planning permission for works or extension to a dwellingApproved
Householder

Approved

Council decision: Granted with conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of two storey infill rear extension including conversion of garage

Received
23 October 2025
Ward
Upper Wensum
  1. Received23 Oct
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at Owl Cottage The Common, Gateley, Dereham, Norfolk, NR20 5EG. Breckland has handled 2,146 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 23 October 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 77 applications across Upper Wensum. We hold 1,322 applications in total for the NR20 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
NR20 5EG
Application type
HOU Householder application for planning permission for works or extension to a dwelling
Parish
Gateley

Planning application dates

Validated
23 October 2025

Planning decision

Decision
Granted with conditions

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Wensum SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • 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, 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, 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

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© 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.

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Source: Breckland

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