Worlingham Marshes Nature Reserve Marsh Lane Worlingham Beccles NR34 7PF Data via plota.co.uk

BA/2026/0230/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

The installation of two viewpoint structures overlooking Worlingham Marshes Nature Reserve constructed in timber. The structures comprise of a decking platform with balustrade and a bench seat. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 4 Nov 2026, 01:15

Application progress

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Received

20 Aug 2026

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Validated

2 Sept 2026

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Consultation

15 Sept 2026

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Approved

28 Oct 2026

Approved on 28 Oct 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 28 Oct 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 3

Agricultural land, grade 3b

Not 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. A site survey can differ.

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.

National park about 66 m away: The Broads

Outside the park; its setting can still be raised.

Landscape, scenic beauty and wildlife carry great weight, and major development is only allowed in exceptional circumstances.

Also on the record

Priority habitat about 28 m away: Deciduous woodland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 2 November 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 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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