1 & 2 Manor Cottage Manor Drive Swannington Norfolk NR9 5NR Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Demolition of existing 2 dwellings and replacement 2 storey single self-build dwelling and associated detached garage, as well as a change of use of land from agricultural to garden. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
14 Dec 2025
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Validated
30 Dec 2025
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Consultation
6 Jan 2026
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Approved
27 Apr 2026

Approved on 27 Apr 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 7 Jul 2026

Documents 22

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

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 1
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.
National infrastructure project about 509 m away: Sheringham and Dudgeon Extension Projects
The site is about 509 m from the project boundary. Generating station, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: Hornsea Project Three Offshore Wind Farm (decided, about 903 m).
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 ↗
Habitat network: Other Priority Habitats - NEZ
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
5 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: The Lodge and Attached Gates and Gate Piers, Grade II, about 57 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade I, 4 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. 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 ↗
Also on the record
Priority habitat about 10 m away: Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh.
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 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
Full
Postcode
NR9 5NR
Received
14 Dec 2025
Validated
30 Dec 2025
Ward
Great Witchingham
Parish
Swannington
Target decision
27 Apr 2026
Decision
Approval with Conditions
Decision date
27 Apr 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Howes Designs Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 118 days from validation, 55 days slower than South Norfolk Broadland's median of 63 for agricultural works. Approved, as 85% of agricultural works here are.

48%decided within 8 weeks
85%approved
64decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14558464
Planning Portal ref
PP-14558464
Neighbours
6 Jan 2026
Consultation
6 Jan 2026
Comments by
25 Feb 2026
Site or press notice
4 Feb 2026
Statutory expiry
24 Feb 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