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2 Old Police Station Yard Harleston Norfolk IP20 9EP

2025/2910PD Change from Class E to DwellApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 7 November 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Prior approval for change of use of commercial building (Class E) to residential dwelling (Class C3)

Received
16 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Harleston
Agent
Durrant's Building Consultancy
  1. Received16 Sep
  2. Validated16 Sep
  3. Consult.4 Nov
  4. Target11 Nov
  5. Decided7 Nov

Decided in 52 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 2 Old Police Station Yard Harleston Norfolk IP20 9EP. South Norfolk Broadland has handled 761 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 3 days longer than South Norfolk Broadland's typical decision time. The site is in the Harleston conservation area, with 19 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 10 applications across Harleston. We hold 339 applications in total for the IP20 postcode area.

86% of outline applications at South Norfolk District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
IP20 9EP
Application type
PD Change from Class E to Dwell
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Redenhall With Harleston

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 September 2025
Consultation expiry
6 November 2025
Consultation start
14 October 2025
Consultation end
4 November 2025
Neighbour consultation start
8 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
29 October 2025
Target decision date
11 November 2025
Permission expires
7 November 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Durrant's Building Consultancy
Agent address
Pump Hill House 2B Market Street Diss Norfolk IP22 4JZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
16 October 2025
Advertisement expiry
6 November 2025
Site notice start
9 October 2025
Site notice end
30 October 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14333336
Documents
22
Constraints
31

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: Harleston Conservation Area
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage 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, 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: South Norfolk Broadland

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