12 Manor House Yarmouth Road Thorpe St Andrew Norfolk NR7 0EF Data via plota.co.uk

BA/2025/0313/HOUSEH - Householder application Refused

Proposal

Rebuild brick driveway piers. New timber gate. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
17 Oct 2025
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Refused
16 Jan 2026
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Consultation
19 Jan 2026
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Appeal dismissed
26 Jun 2026

Refused on 16 Jan 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 10 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Broads Planning Committee on 16 Jan 2026.

Refused

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised refusal because the gates could obstruct traffic and harm highway safety at a busy road.
  • The applicant’s supporters cited crime, antisocial behaviour, security risks and the need to protect residents.
  • Members refused the application by nine votes to one abstention, giving weight to highway safety advice.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, highway concerns, objections, debate, vote and reasons for refusal.

Source: Plota analysis of Broads's committee minutes of 16 Jan 2026.

Site constraints 7

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.
The Broads National Park
The park authority decides applications here. Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Landscape, scenic beauty and wildlife carry great weight, and major development is only allowed in exceptional circumstances.
Thorpe St Andrew BA Conservation Area conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Local nature reserve about 195 m away: Whitlingham
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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
7 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Town House Hotel, Grade II, about 51 m from the postcode pin · 2 Grade II*, 5 Grade II
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.
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Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Norwich built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 2 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

Council
Broads
Application type
Householder application
Postcode
NR7 0EF
Received
17 Oct 2025
Validated
17 Oct 2025
Ward
Thorpe St Andrew South East Ward -
Parish
Thorpe St Andrew Town Council
Case officer
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Target decision
23 Jan 2026
Decision
Refuse
Decision date
16 Jan 2026
Decision level
Committee Decision
Appeal
Dismissed · 26 Jun 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6006235 ↗
Applicant
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Agent
Ruth Brennan Architecture

How this decision compares

Decided in 91 days from validation, 35 days slower than Broads's median of 56 for householder applications. Refused, as 2% of householder applications here are.

57%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
42decided in the last year

Plota live figures for householder applications decided by Broads in the last twelve months, from validation. Broads decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

4 neighbours consulted · Last counted 10 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Neighbours
5 Nov 2025
Consultation
19 Jan 2026
Comments by
19 Jan 2026
Site or press notice
10 Nov 2025
Committee
16 Jan 2026
Statutory expiry
12 Dec 2025
Env. assessment
No