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2026/2392 - EIA Scoping Opinion Pending Consideration

Proposal

Request for EIA Scoping Opinion in accordance with Regulation 15 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 in relation to proposed solar photovoltaic installation Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 8 Oct 2026, 02:45

Application progress

✓

Received

11 Aug 2026

✓

Consultation

14 Aug 2026

Decision

Expected by 15 Sept 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 9 Oct 2026; it is now day 59.

The consultation period closed on 28 Aug 2026.

Documents 2

Site constraints 7

Grade II listed: Dairy Farmhouse

List entry 1373205 · 22 m away · 4 more listed buildings within 150 m (4 Grade II)

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.

Show the other 4 with distances

29 mThe End HouseGrade II
39 mBarn 40 Metres North West of Dairy FarmhouseGrade II
104 mDunston ManorGrade II
133 mStable Block to Dunston ManorGrade II

Historic England ↗

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.

Local nature reserve 43 m away: Dunston Common

Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.

Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.

National infrastructure project 401 m away: Hornsea Project Three Offshore Wind Farm

The site is 401 m from the project boundary. Generating station, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: Sheringham and Dudgeon Extension Projects (decided, 401 m); Norwich to Tilbury (examination closed, recommendation due, 401 m).

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 ↗

Habitat network: Other Priority Habitats -NEX

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Priority habitat 3 m away: Deciduous woodland; 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 scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 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: EIA Scoping Opinion
Received: 11 Aug 2026
Validated: 11 Aug 2026
Ward: Newton Flotman
Parish: Swainsthorpe
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 15 Sept 2026
Applicant: Show

Decision outlook

Day 59, past the statutory target. 99% of eia screening and scoping opinions in South Norfolk Broadland are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 10 Nov 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 7 Oct 2026.

predicted

Day 593 days past the 56-day target

93%decided within 8 weeks

96%approved

1,357decided in the last year

Plota live figures for eia screening and scoping opinions decided across the UK in the last twelve months, from validation; too few recent eia screening and scoping opinions in South Norfolk Broadland to go on. South Norfolk Broadland decision record →

Public comments

3comments received

2 objecting1 neutral

67% object · below the UK average of 74%

Last counted 7 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Consultation: 14 Aug 2026
Comments by: 28 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry: 15 Sept 2026
Env. assessment: No

South Norfolk Broadland

Planning Authority Score

5.9/10

Average

#106 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

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%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

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