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SITE OF FEN FARM The Fen, Banham, Norfolk

PL/2026/0076/PAQPAQ Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed change of use of agricultural buildings to dwellinghouses (class C3) and for building operations reasonably necessary for the conversionRefused
Prior approval

Refused

Council decision: Prior Approval Required and Refused

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

Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Change of Use of Buildings on Agricultural Units and former Agricultural Buildings to Dwellinghouses (Class C3), which may include extension of the building and/or building operations reasonably necessary for the conversion The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q - Conversion of building to 5 dwellings

Received
16 January 2026
Ward
The Buckenhams and Banham
  1. Received16 Jan
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at SITE OF FEN FARM The Fen, Banham, Norfolk. Breckland has handled 221 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 16 January 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Banham conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 67 applications across The Buckenhams and Banham.

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

Application type
PAQ Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed change of use of agricultural buildings to dwellinghouses (class C3) and for building operations reasonably necessary for the conversion
Parish
Banham

Planning application dates

Validated
16 January 2026

Planning decision

Decision
Prior Approval Required and Refused

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: Banham
  • 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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