Land South Of The Old Rectory Walsingham Road North Barsham Norfolk Data via plota.co.uk

PF/26/1663 - Full Planning Permission Pending Consideration

Proposal

River restoration project aiming to deliver improvements to the River Stiffkey associated with water quality, climate change resilience and hydromorphology. The project will involve excavating a new channel in the floodplain that better reflects a natural channel and is able to resume natural river processes. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
6 Aug 2026
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Validated
30 Sept 2026
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Consultation
30 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 30 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 21 Nov 2026 and 10 Dec 2026, from North Norfolk's recent utility and infrastructure works.

Comments are open until 21 Oct 2026

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Site constraints 5

Grade II listed: Railway Arch Cottage
List entry 1049417 · The pin is inside its outline
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.
Historic England ↗
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; Conservation area 46 m away: Houghton St. Giles; Priority habitat 37 m away: Traditional orchard.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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

Application type
Full Planning Permission
Received
6 Aug 2026
Validated
30 Sept 2026
Ward
Walsingham
Parish
Barsham
Case officer
Show
Target decision
30 Dec 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 9 of the 56-day target. North Norfolk usually decides utility and infrastructure works by day 55.

Day 947 days to the 56-day target
52%decided within 8 weeks
91%approved
82decided in the last year

Plota live figures for utility and infrastructure works decided by North Norfolk in the last twelve months, from validation. North Norfolk decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 1 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14825467
Planning Portal ref
PP-14825467
Consultation
30 Sept 2026
Comments by
21 Oct 2026
Site or press notice
8 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
30 Dec 2026
Env. assessment
No
North Norfolk
Planning Authority Score
5.4/10
Average
#125 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

North Norfolk ranks #175 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (96%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
North Norfolk decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
94%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #43 of 296
96%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #56 of 296
61%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #175 of 296
44%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #183 of 296
85%
Minor dwellings approved
113 decided (1-9 homes)
81%
Major dwellings approved
16 decided (10+ homes)
85%
Change of use approved
34 decided
906
Total decisions
56 refused in the year to March 2026