Four dwellings from offices at Carlton & Melton House, Market Place, Reepham

Summary of planning committee decision

Decided by South Norfolk Broadland Broadland Planning Committee on 5 Mar 2026.

2024/3218Approved

What was proposed

The scheme would create three dwellings in the listed buildings, convert the rear storage building into another dwelling and retain the retail unit.

“Applicant’s Name: The Original Holding Company Ltd. Site Address Carlton & Melton House, Market Place, Reepham, Norfolk NR10 4JJ Proposal Change of use of office to 3 dwellings. Conversion and extension of detached storage building to a dwelling and associated works…”

“The proposal seeks full planning permission and listed building consent to convert the existing office accommodation within Carlton House and Melton House into one two‑bedroom dwelling, a two‑bedroom first‑floor apartment, and a one‑bedroom rear apartment, while retaining and modestly enlarging the existing retail unit.”

Officer report

The site

The site comprises two eighteenth-century Grade II listed buildings and a rear storage building in central Reepham’s Conservation Area.

“The application site is located to the northeast of the Market Place within central Reepham and comprises Carlton House and Melton House, a pair of 18th-century, brick-built, two-storey Grade II listed terraced properties, including their frontage railings.”

Officer report

Earlier planning history

Earlier approvals covered office alterations, residential-to-office changes, listed building works and replacement storage and oil tank facilities.

“20100692 1. Replacement storage building 2. replacement oil tank (Listed Building) Approval with Conditions 11/03/2011”

“20100691 1. Replacement storage building 2. replacement oil tank Approval with Conditions 24/02/2011”

Officer report

Main planning issues

Officers considered design, heritage, neighbours, highways, drainage and nutrient mitigation, finding no significant concerns subject to conditions.

“The Senior Heritage and Design Officer raised no objection to the proposals, noting that the Grade II listed Carlton House and Melton House are former eighteenth- century dwellings later adapted for office use, and that their conversion back to residential use reflects their original design and function.”

“Developments that contribute water quality effects at habitats sites may not meet the no adverse effect on the site integrity test without mitigation. Mitigation through Nutrient Neutrality offers a potential solution. Where properly applied, Natural England considers that Nutrient Neutrality is an acceptable means of counterbalancing nutrient impacts from development to demonstrate no adverse effect on the integrity of habitats sites.”

Officer report

The committee vote

Members voted unanimously for approval with the listed conditions.

“Members voted unanimously for the following:”

“Time Limit - Full Permission 2 In accordance with submitted drawings 3 External materials to be agreed 4 Joinery details to be agreed 5 Boundary treatment to be agreed 6 Source of illumination 7 Contaminated land during construction 8 Operating hours 9 New water efficiency…”

Minutes

Sources

  • South Norfolk Broadland Broadland Planning Committee minutes, 5 March 2026
  • Agenda and papers (council website)

Source: Plota analysis of South Norfolk Broadland's committee minutes and officer report. Quotations are the council's own words; headings and summaries are Plota's.

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At the meeting

Date
Thursday 5 March 2026
Recommendation
Officers recommended approval
Committee decided
Approved
Vote
Unanimous
Minutes
The council's minutes
Meeting
Agenda and papers (council website)
Application
The application (council website)

This committee's year

21 decisions in the 12 months to this meeting, 4 against officer advice.

Source: Plota analysis of the committee's minutes.

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