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Agricultural Building On Land East Of County School, Dereham, NR20 5LE

PL/2026/0454/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 conversionAwaiting decision
Prior approval
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. Change of use and conversion of existing agricultural building to a single dwelling, and change of use of associated agricultural land to residential curtilage. Please see attached plans for siting and location.

Received
26 March 2026
Ward
Upper Wensum
  1. Received26 Mar
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Agricultural Building On Land East Of County School, Dereham , NR20 5LE. Breckland has handled 221 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 26 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the North Elmham conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 77 applications across Upper Wensum. We hold 1,323 applications in total for the NR20 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
NR20 5LE
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
Bintree

Planning application dates

Validated
26 March 2026

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: North Elmham
  • 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 (20)

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, 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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