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PL/2026/1211/HOU - HOU Householder application for planning permission for works or extension to a dwelling Pending Consideration

Proposal

Single storey extensions to two storey dwelling, following removal of stable block Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 7 Oct 2026, 08:28

Application progress

✓

Received

18 Aug 2026

Decision

Expected by 13 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 9 Oct 2026, from Breckland's recent demolitions.

Documents 11

Statements & assessments 1

PDF Flood map for planning Dated 18/08/2026 Supporting/Supplementary Information/Documents · 4 Sept 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 9

Application forms 1

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Application Forms/Certificates (public/redacted) · 4 Sept 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 5

Special protection area about 66 m away: Breckland

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.

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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

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.

SSSI about 66 m away: Breckland Forest SSSI

Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.

Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.

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 about 20 m away: Deciduous woodland.

Not affected

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

Checked on 6 October 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: Breckland
Application type: HOU Householder application for planning permission for works or extension to a dwelling
Postcode: IP26 5DB
Received: 18 Aug 2026
Validated: 18 Aug 2026
Ward: Forest
Parish: Lynford
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 13 Oct 2026
Decision level: Delegated decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Mike Hastings Building Design

Decision outlook

Day 52, past Breckland's usual 50 days for demolitions. 75% are decided within thirteen weeks, so most likely by 17 Nov 2026.

predicted

Day 524 days to the 56-day target

67%decided within 8 weeks

89%approved

92decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry: 13 Oct 2026

Breckland

Planning Authority Score

8.6/10

Excellent

#14 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

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