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Barn At Church Farm Knowles Lane Smallburgh Norfolk

PF/19/1604Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 13 December 2019

Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use, including wall to south elevation of an open sided section of a portal frame barn from agriculture to equipment store, workshop & office for solar cleaning business (no use class)

Received
19 September 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hoveton & Tunstead
Agent
The Rural Architect
  1. Received19 Sep
  2. Validated25 Sep
  3. Consult.18 Oct
  4. Target20 Nov
  5. Decided13 Dec

Decided in 79 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Barn At Church Farm Knowles Lane Smallburgh Norfolk. North Norfolk has handled 3,902 applications of this type. This one was decided in 85 days, 5 weeks longer than North Norfolk's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 55 applications across Hoveton & Tunstead.

93% of full applications at North Norfolk District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Smallburgh

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 September 2019
Consultation expiry
18 October 2019
Consultation start
27 September 2019
Consultation end
18 October 2019
Last date for comments
31 October 2019
Target decision date
20 November 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent
The Rural Architect
Architect profile
THE RURAL ARCHITECT LTD
Agent address
Meadow Cottage River Farm Honing North Walsham NR28 9NL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
9 October 2019

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08158736
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.

  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Ant Broads and MarshesApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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: North Norfolk

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