Blacksmiths Cottage Hole Farm Road Hempstead Holt Norfolk NR25 6TT Data via plota.co.uk

IS3/26/1957 - Informal Silver Level 3 Listed Building Pending Consideration

Proposal

Property is situated within the curtilage of listed building (Hole Farm) Previous applications for building works (conversion of barn) within the curtilage have required listed building consent Proposal is for the removal of existing first floor oriel window in a converted barn (The Blacksmiths) and replacement with French doors Provision of small balcony area to provide amenity space for property which currently has none The existing clad wall can also be insulated (currently uninsulated timber frame with cladding) Timber for balcony will be sourced from farm's woodland The balcony will be detailed to match the adjacent cartshed barn supports Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 3 Oct 2026, 08:18

Application progress

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Received

15 Sept 2026

✓

Validated

16 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 11 Nov 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 9 Nov 2026, from North Norfolk's recent extensions.

Documents

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Site constraints 3

Nutrient neutrality catchment: Bure 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.

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) agrees.

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.

1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: Hole Farm House, Grade II, about 51 m from the postcode pin

The site itself is not listed. 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 ↗

Not affected

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

Checked on 17 September 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

Council: North Norfolk
Application type: Informal Silver Level 3 Listed Building
Postcode: NR25 6TT
Received: 15 Sept 2026
Validated: 16 Sept 2026
Ward: Gresham
Parish: Hempstead
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 11 Nov 2026
Applicant: Show

Decision outlook

Day 19 of the 56-day target. North Norfolk usually decides extensions by day 54.

prediction

Day 1937 days to the 56-day target

62%decided within 8 weeks

97%approved

392decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 23 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry: 11 Nov 2026
Env. assessment: No

North Norfolk

Planning Authority Score

5.4/10

Average

#125 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Other 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