136 Norwich Road Tacolneston Norfolk NR16 1AL Data via plota.co.uk

2025/3309 - Listed Building Approved

Proposal

Subdivision and change of use from 7 bed guesthouse with 2 bed owners accommodation to create 2no 4 bed private residential units with associated parking and landscaping Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
21 Oct 2025
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Validated
17 Nov 2025
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Consultation
12 Jan 2026
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Approved
14 May 2026

Approved on 14 May 2026 · Development Management Committee · Last checked 8 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by South Norfolk Broadland South Norfolk Development Management (Planning) Committee on 13 May 2026.

Approved unanimously

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the listed building could be converted with limited works while preserving its character and setting.
  • The parish council and Heritage Officer raised no objections, while other consultees either had no comments or supported conditions.
  • Members unanimously approved the listed building consent application subject to conditions.
Read how the committee decided The proposed conversion, site history, officers’ assessment, consultation responses and committee decision.

Source: Plota analysis of South Norfolk Broadland's committee minutes of 13 May 2026.

Documents 20

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 7

Grade II listed: The Pelican Inn
List entry 1302268 · 1 m away · 5 more listed buildings within 150 m (5 Grade II)
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.
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Historic England ↗
Nutrient neutrality catchment: Yare Broads and Marshes
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.
Tacolneston Conservation Area conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Agricultural land, grade 2
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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
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 Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
National infrastructure project 1117 m away: Norwich to Tilbury; Priority habitat 20 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 2 November 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate 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
Listed Building
Postcode
NR16 1AL
Received
21 Oct 2025
Validated
17 Nov 2025
Ward
Forncett
Parish
Tacolneston
Target decision
14 May 2026
Decision
Approval with Conditions
Decision date
14 May 2026
Decision level
Development Management Committee
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 178 days from validation, 120 days slower than South Norfolk Broadland's median of 58 for listed building works. Approved, as 99% of listed building works here are.

47%decided within 8 weeks
99%approved
181decided in the last year

Plota live figures for listed building 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 8 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14425692
Planning Portal ref
PP-14425692
Consultation
12 Jan 2026
Comments by
10 Feb 2026
Site or press notice
20 Jan 2026
Committee
13 May 2026
Statutory expiry
12 Jan 2026
Env. assessment
No
South Norfolk Broadland
Planning Authority Score
5.9/10
Average
#106 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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

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