Planning application
2025/3570
Unit 1, 2, 3, 3A And 4 Maple Leaf Farm Low Common Road Aslacton Norfolk
Proposal
Lawful development certificate (existing) for the continued use of agricultural buildings to be used as a workshop and storage
As published by the council, reference 2025/3570
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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13 Nov 2025
Received by Broadland
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13 Jan 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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6 Mar 2026
Decision issued: Refusal
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20 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
What refusal means
The process from here
The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.
Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.
About lawful development applications
How this application type works
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination, not a planning judgement. It asks the council to confirm either that existing use or works are lawful, often through the passage of time, or that a proposal would not need planning permission at all. The applicant must prove the facts; the merits of the scheme are not considered.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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2021/2160 Granted
Bridge Farm Low Common Road Aslacton NR16 1SZ
Conversion of redundant barn to residential dwelling with rear extension.
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2021/2160 Granted
Bridge Farm Low Common Road Aslacton NR16 1SZ
Conversion of redundant barn to residential dwelling with rear extension.
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2021/2161 Granted
Bridge Farm Low Common Road Aslacton NR16 1SZ
Conversion of redundant barn to residential dwelling with rear extension.
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2021/2161 Granted
Bridge Farm Low Common Road Aslacton NR16 1SZ
Conversion of redundant barn to residential dwelling with rear extension.
Other lawful development applications
In Broadland
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2025/2982 Granted
Barn At Walnut Tree Farm Chapel Road Spooner Row Norfolk
Certificate of Lawful Development for change of use of agricultural barn to be used as a dwelling
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2026/1409 Granted
24 Oak Lane Hingham Norfolk NR9 4JY
Lawful development certificate for the proposed loft conversion.
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2026/1771 Granted
263 Thunder Lane Thorpe St Andrew Norfolk NR7 0JA
Application for certificate of lawfulness - proposed - Single storey rear extension.
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2026/2073 Awaiting decision
Felthorpe Forest Nursery Short Thorn Road Felthorpe Norfolk NR10 4DF
Certificate of Lawfulness for the existing use of the planning unit as a commercial retail plant nursery (Use Class E(a)) involving the display, storage and retail sale of plants, shrubs, trees and associated horticultural products to members of the public and trade customers and the operational development associated with the established nursery use, including the polytunnel and other operational structures forming part of the historic nursery operation.
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2026/1547 Granted
3 Wheldale Way Cringleford Norfolk NR4 7XZ
Certificate of lawfulness proposed for an outbuilding