CHURCH HOUSE Church Street, Brisley, Dereham, Norfolk, NR20 5AA Data via plota.co.uk

PL/2026/0065/HOU - HOU Householder application for planning permission for works or extension to a dwelling Approved

Proposal

Removal of 3No sky lights from single storey roof. Brick up double doors on East Elevation. Change window to door on North Elevation. Block up door to the wood store Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
15 Jan 2026
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Approved
20 Feb 2026

Approved on 20 Feb 2026 · Delegated decision · Last checked 1 Oct 2026

Site constraints 7

3 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Church Bungalows, Grade II, about 0 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade I, 2 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 ↗
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.
Brisley 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 ↗
Public footpath about 13 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
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.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Heritage at risk about 47 m away: Church of St Bartholomew, Elmham Road.
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 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.

Sales history 2

Last sold for £1,140,000 in March 2021. Detached house, freehold.

10 March 2021£1,140,000
14 November 2003£425,000

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
HOU Householder application for planning permission for works or extension to a dwelling
Postcode
NR20 5AA
Received
15 Jan 2026
Validated
15 Jan 2026
Ward
Upper Wensum
Parish
Brisley
Case officer
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Target decision
12 Mar 2026
Decision
Granted with conditions
Decision date
20 Feb 2026
Decision level
Delegated decision
Applicant
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Agent
Plans and Building Design Norfolk Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 36 days from validation, 5 days faster than Breckland's median of 41 for extensions. Approved, as 97% of extensions here are.

83%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
434decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
12 Mar 2026
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.