The Old Bakery The Street Dickleburgh Norfolk IP21 4NQ Data via plota.co.uk

2026/1970 - Householder Pending Consideration

Proposal

Replacement of fenestrations to outbuilding, formation of two door openings, internal conversion of two redundant treatment rooms to studio/bedrooms for use ancillary to main dwelling, and installation of low-profile 16.20 kWp roof-mounted micro-generation solar photovoltaic (PV) array paired with high-capacity hybrid inverters and localized battery storage systems on the rear opposite outbuilding plane. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
8 Jul 2026
Validated
11 Sept 2026
Consultation
11 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 6 Nov 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 3 Nov 2026, from South Norfolk Broadland's recent extensions. Comments are open until 8 Oct 2026.

Comment on this application ↗

Site constraints 5

Grade II listed: The Old Bakery (Premises of G W Arnold and Son)
List entry 1050422 · 0 m from the pin · 26 more listed buildings within 150 m (1 Grade I, 25 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 ↗
Dickleburgh 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 ↗
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
Inside the Dickleburgh built-up area; the 1970s provisional farmland map 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 13 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
Householder
Postcode
IP21 4NQ
Received
8 Jul 2026
Validated
11 Sept 2026
Ward
Beck Vale, Dickleburgh And Scole
Parish
Dickleburgh And Rushall
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 4 of the 56-day target. South Norfolk Broadland usually decides extensions by day 53.

Day 452 days to the 56-day target
71%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
431decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

14 neighbours consulted · Last counted 12 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14945675
Neighbours
11 Sept 2026
Consultation
11 Sept 2026
Comments by
8 Oct 2026
Site or press notice
17 Sept 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