Unit 1, 2, 3, 3A And 4 Maple Leaf Farm Low Common Road Aslacton Norfolk Data via plota.co.uk

2025/3570 - Cert. Lawfulness Existing Refused

Proposal

Lawful development certificate (existing) for the continued use of agricultural buildings to be used as a workshop and storage Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 08:54

Application progress

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Received

13 Nov 2025

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Validated

13 Jan 2026

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Consultation

15 Jan 2026

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Refused

6 Mar 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 6 Mar 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 7 Jul 2026

Documents 25

Site constraints 6

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.

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 1

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

National infrastructure project about 1008 m away: Norwich to Tilbury

The site is about 1008 m from the project boundary. Electricity line, examination closed, recommendation due.

Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.

Planning Inspectorate project page ↗

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2; SSSI about 386 m away: Aslacton Parish Land SSSI.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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

Council: South Norfolk Broadland
Application type: Cert. Lawfulness Existing
Postcode: NR16 1SZ
Received: 13 Nov 2025
Validated: 13 Jan 2026
Ward: Bunwell
Parish: Aslacton
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 10 Mar 2026
Decision: Refusal
Decision date: 6 Mar 2026
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: Howe and Boosey Architectural Services ltd

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14481701
Planning Portal ref: PP-14481701
Neighbours: 15 Jan 2026
Consultation: 15 Jan 2026
Comments by: 5 Feb 2026
Statutory expiry: 10 Mar 2026
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

Unit 1, 2, 3, 3A And 4 Maple Leaf Farm Low Common Road Aslacton Norfolk Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 25

Decision & officer reports 3

Plans & drawings 1

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 2

Other documents 18

Site constraints 6

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Consultation & key dates