Felthorpe Hall 81 The Street Felthorpe Norfolk NR10 4BT Data via plota.co.uk

2026/2038 - Agricultural Approved

Proposal

Proposed access and new adjoining road for forestry forwarders and timber lorries to and from felling operations and stacking areas, with re-surfacing of existing road and insertion of culvert Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
14 Jul 2026
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Validated
13 Aug 2026
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Approved
8 Sept 2026

Approved on 8 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 24 Sept 2026

Site constraints 4

Grade II listed: Felthorpe Hall
List entry 1372665 · 6 m away
Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Historic England ↗
Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Wensum SAC
New homes and overnight accommodation must show nutrient neutrality before approval.
Natural England advice: extra wastewater in these catchments harms protected habitats, so schemes must offset their nutrient load, usually through credits.
Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 24 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Application type
Agricultural
Postcode
NR10 4BT
Received
14 Jul 2026
Validated
13 Aug 2026
Ward
Horsford And Felthorpe
Parish
Felthorpe
Case officer
Show
Decision
Prior Approval not Required
Decision date
8 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
New Woods Forestry Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 26 days from validation, 26 days faster than South Norfolk Broadland's median of 52 for utility and infrastructure works. Approved, as 100% of utility and infrastructure works here are.

63%decided within 8 weeks
100%approved
95decided in the last year

Plota live figures for utility and infrastructure works decided by South Norfolk Broadland in the last twelve months, from validation. South Norfolk Broadland decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 24 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15055844
Env. assessment
No
South Norfolk Broadland
Planning Authority Score
5.9/10
Average
#106 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

South Norfolk Broadland ranks #136 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
South Norfolk Broadland decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
93%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #50 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #71 of 296
67%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #136 of 296
42%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #161 of 296
82%
Minor dwellings approved
137 decided (1-9 homes)
92%
Major dwellings approved
12 decided (10+ homes)
100%
Change of use approved
33 decided
1,013
Total decisions
67 refused in the year to March 2026