WILLOW FARM Elsing Road, North Tuddenham, Dereham, Norfolk, NR20 3DS Data via plota.co.uk

PL/2025/1013/OMIN - OMIN Outline application minor Refused

Proposal

Outline Application for erection of No.1 self-build dwelling with all matters reserved except access and appearance Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
11 Jul 2025
✓
Validated
5 Aug 2025
✗
Refused
25 Sept 2025
✗
Appeal dismissed
3 Aug 2026

Refused on 25 Sept 2025 · Delegated decision · Last checked 1 Oct 2026

Documents 23

Application forms 1

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Application Forms/Certificates (public/redacted) · 22 Jul 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Wensum SAC
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 3a
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.
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Public footpath 28 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Also on the record
National infrastructure project 1316 m away: A47 North Tuddenham to Easton; Radon affected area, class 2.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 2 November 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, 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

Council
Breckland
Application type
OMIN Outline application minor
Postcode
NR20 3DS
Received
11 Jul 2025
Validated
5 Aug 2025
Ward
Upper Wensum
Parish
North Tuddenham
Case officer
Show
Target decision
30 Sept 2025
Decision
Refused
Decision date
25 Sept 2025
Decision level
Delegated decision
Appeal
Dismissed · 3 Aug 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6006886 ↗
Applicant
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Agent
Agora ArchitectsLtd

How this decision compares

Decided in 51 days from validation, 36 days faster than Breckland's median of 87 for new homes. Refused, as 38% of new homes here are.

35%decided within 8 weeks
62%approved
12%go to committee

Plota live figures for new homes decided by Breckland in the last twelve months, from validation. Breckland decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
30 Sept 2025
Breckland
Planning Authority Score
8.6/10
Excellent
#14 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

Breckland is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #32 out of 296. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 98% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

More permissive than most councils
98% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Breckland decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
84%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #216 of 296
98%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #12 of 296
81%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #32 of 296
34%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #84 of 296
54%
Minor dwellings approved
178 decided (1-9 homes)
88%
Major dwellings approved
17 decided (10+ homes)
801
Total decisions
128 refused in the year to March 2026