Agricultural Building On Land East Of County School, Dereham , NR20 5LE Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Change of Use of Buildings on Agricultural Units and former Agricultural Buildings to Dwellinghouses (Class C3), which may include extension of the building and/or building operations reasonably necessary for the conversion. The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q. Change of use and conversion of existing agricultural building to a single dwelling, and change of use of associated agricultural land to residential curtilage. Please see attached plans for siting and location. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 18 May 2026 · Delegated decision · Last checked 1 Oct 2026
Documents 11
Decision & officer reports 1
Statements & assessments 3
Plans & drawings 3
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 1
Site constraints 8
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 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
- Breckland
- Application type
- PAQ Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed change of use of agricultural buildings to dwellinghouses (class C3) and for building operations reasonably necessary for the conversion
- Postcode
- NR20 5LE
- Received
- 26 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 26 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Upper Wensum
- Parish
- Bintree
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 21 May 2026
- Decision
- Prior Approval Required and Granted
- Decision date
- 18 May 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Red Frog Developments Ltd
How this decision compares
Decided in 53 days from validation, about the council's usual 51 days. Approved, as 79% of agricultural works here are.
Plota live figures for agricultural works decided by Breckland in the last twelve months, from validation. Breckland decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Statutory expiry
- 21 May 2026
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
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.
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Agricultural Building On Land East Of County School, Dereham , NR20 5LE
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