ALMA HOUSE The Street, Great Hockham, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 1NH Data via plota.co.uk

PL/2025/1149/FMIN - FMIN minor application Refused

Proposal

Proposed conversion of barn to dwelling Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
1 Aug 2025
✓
Validated
12 Aug 2025
✗
Refused
3 Oct 2025
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 3 Oct 2025 · Delegated decision · Last checked 18 Oct 2026

Documents 16

Application forms 1

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All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 5

Grade II listed: St Margaret
List entry 1077569 · 14 m away · 8 more listed buildings within 150 m (8 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.
Show the other 8 with distances
Historic England ↗
Hockham 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 ↗
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Inside the Great Hockham built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
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 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.

Sales history 2

Last sold for £550,000 in December 2024. Detached house, freehold.

10 December 2024£550,000
24 January 2014£245,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Breckland
Application type
FMIN minor application
Postcode
IP24 1NH
Received
1 Aug 2025
Validated
12 Aug 2025
Ward
All Saints and Wayland
Parish
Great Hockham
Case officer
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Target decision
7 Oct 2025
Decision
Refused
Decision date
3 Oct 2025
Decision level
Delegated decision
Applicant
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Agent
johnspencerdrawingservices

How this decision compares

Decided in 52 days from validation, 11 days faster than Breckland's median of 63 for changes of use. Refused, as 23% of changes of use here are.

45%decided within 8 weeks
77%approved
140decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Breckland in the last twelve months, from validation. Breckland decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
7 Oct 2025
Breckland
Planning Authority Score
8.6/10
Excellent
#14 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Breckland is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #32 out of 296. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 98% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

More permissive than most councils
98% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Breckland decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
84%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #216 of 296
98%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #12 of 296
81%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #32 of 296
34%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #84 of 296
54%
Minor dwellings approved
178 decided (1-9 homes)
88%
Major dwellings approved
17 decided (10+ homes)
801
Total decisions
128 refused in the year to March 2026

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.