THE RAILWAY STATION Station Road, Attleborough, Norfolk, NR17 2AS
Proposal
Repair, Repurposing and Realignment of the operationally redundant Attleborough Signal Box. Change of use of the building to a community heritage museum Use Class F1(c). The building will remain within the operational railway estate and continue to maintain a functional relationship with the wider railway undertaking.
- Received (week of)
- 17 August 2026
- Council
- Breckland District Council
- Ward
- Attleborough Burgh and Haverscroft
- ReceivedReceived (week of)17 Aug
- ValidatedValidated
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided
This is a planning application for a change of use at THE RAILWAY STATION Station Road, Attleborough, Norfolk, NR17 2AS. Breckland has handled 16 applications of this type and approves 91% of them, typically deciding them in 42 days. The site is in the Attleborough conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 35 applications across Attleborough Burgh and Haverscroft. We hold 410 applications in total for the NR17 postcode area.
Application Details
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Planning Application Dates
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Publicity
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Additional Information
Source: Breckland
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Associated applications
- 202617 Aug
Repair, Repurposing and Realignment of the operationally redundant Attleborough Signal Box. Change of use of…
This applicationPendingListed building consentPL/2026/1103/LB - 202617 Aug
Repair, Repurposing and Realignment of the operationally redundant Attleborough Signal Box. Change of use of…
PendingFMIN minor applicationFiled alongsidePL/2026/1104/FMIN
Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Attleborough
- 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.
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This is an application for listed building consent.
- 14.1 miNorwichRTPIRICS Regulated
- 15.0 miNorwichRTPI
- 15.2 miNorwichRTPI
Nearest first, within 25 miles of the site. Every firm is listed free.
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