Land Opposite 56 Damgate Lane Acle Norfolk Data via plota.co.uk

2025/2089 - Full Approved

Proposal

Development of three dwellings, garages, vehicular access, pedestrian footway, associated drainage and landscaping Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
11 Jul 2025
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Validated
17 Jul 2025
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Consultation
25 Jul 2025
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Approved
10 Feb 2026

Approved on 10 Feb 2026 · Development Management Committee · Last checked 15 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by South Norfolk Broadland Broadland Planning Committee on 7 Jan 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the housing benefits outweighed limited landscape harm, subject to conditions.
  • The parish council and ten objectors raised concerns about the boundary, hedge, highways, flooding, ecology and other impacts.
  • Members voted 7-1 to approve with conditions, subject to a unilateral agreement securing GIRAMS.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, local views, vote and decision.

Source: Plota analysis of South Norfolk Broadland's committee minutes of 7 Jan 2026.

Documents 51

Consultation & comments 14

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment (D) · 4 Jan 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment (D) · 8 Aug 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment (D) · 7 Aug 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment (D) · 7 Aug 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment (D) · 6 Aug 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment (D) · 5 Aug 2025 View ↗
PDF Ncc highways Consultee Comment (D) · 5 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Environment agency Consultee Comment (D) · 5 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Public comment Public Comment (D) · 4 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Parish council Consultee Comment (D) · 31 Jul 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment (D) · 31 Jul 2025 View ↗
PDF Water management alliance comments Consultee Comment (D) · 30 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Environmental protection comments Consultee Comment (D) · 23 Jul 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment (D) · 23 Jul 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 3

Site constraints 6

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Special protection area about 309 m away: Broadland
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 park about 110 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
SSSI about 310 m away: Decoy Carr, Acle SSSI; Inside the Damgate built-up area; 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 1 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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Important details

Application type
Full
Received
11 Jul 2025
Validated
17 Jul 2025
Ward
Acle
Parish
Acle
Case officer
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Target decision
17 Feb 2026
Decision
Approval with Conditions
Decision date
10 Feb 2026
Decision level
Development Management Committee
Applicant
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Agent
Locus Planning Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 208 days from validation, 108 days slower than South Norfolk Broadland's median of 100 for full applications. Approved, as 86% of full applications here are.

22%decided within 8 weeks
86%approved
10%go to committee

Plota live figures for full applications decided by South Norfolk Broadland in the last twelve months, from validation. South Norfolk Broadland decision record →

Public comments

7comments received
6 objecting1 supporting

86% object · above the UK average of 74%

29 neighbours consulted · Last counted 15 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14127294
Planning Portal ref
PP-14127294
Neighbours
18 Jul 2025
Consultation
25 Jul 2025
Comments by
15 Aug 2025
Site or press notice
23 Jul 2025
Committee
7 Jan 2026
Statutory expiry
11 Sept 2025
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