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2024/2853 - Outline Approved

Proposal

Outline planning permission for the erection of 7 dwellings with all matters reserved except for access Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
27 Sept 2024
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Consultation
23 Feb 2026
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Approved
18 Mar 2026

Approved on 18 Mar 2026 · Development Management Committee · Last checked 19 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by South Norfolk Broadland South Norfolk Development Management (Planning) Committee on 22 Oct 2025.

Approved unanimously

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the modest benefits were not significantly outweighed by identified harm, subject to mitigation and conditions.
  • The parish council supported the scheme, while neighbours raised concerns about amenity, drainage, construction disruption and highway use.
  • Members voted unanimously to approve, subject to nutrient mitigation, a GIRAMS undertaking and conditions.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, consultation responses, objections and the committee’s unanimous decision.

Source: Plota analysis of South Norfolk Broadland's committee minutes of 22 Oct 2025.

Documents 60

Decision & officer reports 3

PDF Decision (k) Decision (K) · 18 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Committee decision sheet Report (K) · 22 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Committee report Delegated/Committee Report (K) · 14 Oct 2025 View ↗

Statements & assessments 14

PDF Nec shadow strategic appropriate assessment v1.5.5 Report (K) · 18 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Ecologist and biodiversity officer Consultee Comment (D) · 22 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Biodiversity net gain feasibility report Drawing (K) · 15 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Bng baseline tharston v2 Report (K) · 15 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Bng proposal tharston v2 Report (K) · 15 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Biodiversity net gain supporting statement Report (K) · 15 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Planning statement rev a Report (K) · 19 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF Noise impact assessment Report (K) · 19 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF Ecology & biodiversity comment Consultee Comment (D) · 6 Nov 2024 View ↗ PDF Screening assessment form Report (K) · 5 Nov 2024 View ↗ PDF Screening assessment form Consultee Comment (D) · 14 Oct 2024 View ↗ PDF Planning statement Report (K) · 27 Sept 2024 View ↗ PDF Biodiversity net gain feasibility report Report (K) · 27 Sept 2024 View ↗ PDF Ecological impact assessment Report (K) · 27 Sept 2024 View ↗

Plans & drawings 9

PDF 0256 01f Indicative site plan Drawing (K) · 2 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Anglian water sewer map Drawing (K) · 2 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF 0256 03a Location plan Drawing (K) · 19 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF 0256 02a Indicative elevations Drawing (K) · 19 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF 0256 01e Indicative plans Drawing (K) · 19 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF 0256 03 Site location plan Site LocationPlan (K) · 27 Sept 2024 View ↗ PDF 0256 04 Indicative landscape plan Drawing (K) · 27 Sept 2024 View ↗ PDF 0256 01b Indicative site plan Site LocationPlan (K) · 27 Sept 2024 View ↗ PDF 0256 02 Indicative elevations Drawing (K) · 27 Sept 2024 View ↗

Application forms 3

PDF Credit certificate BackGround Papers (K) · 18 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Amended application form Application Form (K) · 19 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF Application form redacted Application Form (K) · 27 Sept 2024 View ↗

Consultation & comments 14

PDF Natural england Consultee Comment (D) · 13 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Anglian water Consultee Comment (D) · 7 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Anglian water Consultee Comment (D) · 27 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Re-consultation email Correspondence (D) · 2 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Applicant response to neighbour concerns Report (K) · 30 Sept 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment (D) · 11 Sept 2025 View ↗
PDF Environmental quality team Consultee Comment (D) · 5 Aug 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment (D) · 31 Jul 2025 View ↗
PDF Ncc highways Consultee Comment (D) · 17 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Anglian water Consultee Comment (D) · 16 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Anglian water Consultee Comment (D) · 7 Feb 2025 View ↗ PDF Norfolk county council highways comment Consultee Comment (D) · 15 Nov 2024 View ↗ PDF Parish council Consultee Comment (D) · 17 Oct 2024 View ↗ PDF Environmental management comment Consultee Comment (D) · 14 Oct 2024 View ↗

Other documents 17

PDF Unilateral undertaking Legal Agreement (K) · 18 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Final lpa hra Report (K) · 17 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Agreement to pre-commencement conditions and extension of time Correspondence (D) · 26 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Shadow hra for girams Report (K) · 23 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Draft site specific hra BackGround Papers (K) · 20 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Mit00003 - 30900r1v2.3 stu strategic framework Report (K) · 18 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Email exchange between officer and applicant Correspondence (D) · 8 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Confirmation of nn credit availability Correspondence (D) · 7 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Nutrient neutrality calculator Report (K) · 19 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Email exchange between officer and agent Correspondence (D) · 18 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Statutory metric calculation Report (K) · 15 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Agreement to extension of time Correspondence (D) · 27 May 2025 View ↗ PDF Agreement to extension of time Correspondence (D) · 25 Apr 2025 View ↗ PDF Agreement to extension of time Correspondence (D) · 3 Feb 2025 View ↗ PDF Email exchange between officer and agent Correspondence (D) · 18 Dec 2024 View ↗ PDF Email exchange between officer and agent Correspondence (D) · 6 Dec 2024 View ↗ PDF Returned post unit 15a wellesley road BackGround Papers (K) · 21 Oct 2024 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 3

Nutrient neutrality catchment: Yare Broads and Marshes
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.
National infrastructure project 819 m away: East Pye Solar
The site is 819 m from the project boundary. Generating station, under examination.
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 ↗
Also on the record
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 listed building at the site

Checked on 1 November 2026. 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

Council
South Norfolk Broadland
Application type
Outline
Received
27 Sept 2024
Validated
27 Sept 2024
Ward
Forncett
Parish
Tharston And Hapton
Case officer
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Target decision
27 Mar 2026
Decision
Approval with Conditions
Decision date
18 Mar 2026
Decision level
Development Management Committee
Applicant
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Agent
Phil Cobbold Planning Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 537 days from validation, 365 days slower than South Norfolk Broadland's median of 172 for outline applications. Approved, as 37% of outline applications here are.

11%decided within 8 weeks
37%approved
8%go to committee

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Public comments

2comments received
2 supporting

15 neighbours consulted · Last counted 19 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-13440577
Planning Portal ref
PP-13440577
Neighbours
15 Jul 2025
Consultation
23 Feb 2026
Comments by
16 Mar 2026
Site or press notice
11 Nov 2024
Committee
22 Oct 2025
Statutory expiry
22 Nov 2024
Env. assessment
No

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South Norfolk Broadland
Planning Authority Score
5.9/10
Average
#106 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

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%).

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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings