Planning application
Land East Of Richard Oakes Road Aylsham Norfolk
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Proposal
18 Industrial, office buildings, storage units and a café comprising 4616 m2 (Class E(b)(c)(d)(e)(g) F1(a) uses comprising Adult, Professional and Small 'Education and Learning facilities' including: Private Language schools, Private tuition centres, Test centres, 'Professional, Adult & Skills training businesses', B2 & B8) for the site with associated servicing and parking areas, landscaping and access.
As published by the council, reference 2026/0175
Application record
- Reference
- 2026/0175
- Type
- Outline
- Status
- Pending Consideration
- Received
- 21 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 10 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Aylsham
- Parish
- Aylsham
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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21 Jan 2026
Received by Broadland
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10 Feb 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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20 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 7 April 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Broadland took a median of 50 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
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Chaplin Farrant Ltd Agent, registered in Norwich
Active · incorporated 1990 · Norwich
217 applications on PlanIndex · across 14 councils · 96% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
40 documents on file for this application
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About outline applications
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