Planning permission in Broadland

Most single-storey rear extensions within the national permitted development limits don't need planning permission in Broadland. The rules are stricter in its 30 conservation areas, where side extensions, two-storey extensions and loft dormers need permission. Check your address to see which rules apply.

Broadland at a glance

Conservation areas: 30
Article 4 areas: 28
Protected landscapes: The Broads
Planning decisions: Broadland District Council

How many conservation areas are there in Broadland?

Broadland has 30 conservation areas. In a conservation area, permitted development rights are reduced: side extensions, two-storey extensions, loft dormers and cladding all need planning permission, and many councils add Article 4 directions on top.

Aylsham
Belaugh
Blickling Conservation Area
Burgh Conservation Area
Catton Conservation Area
Cawston Conservation Area
Coltishall & Horstead BA Con Area
Coltishall & Horstead BDC Conservation Area
Coltishall BDC Conservation Area
Foulsham Conservation Area
Halvergate & Tunstall Marshes BA Conservation Area
Halvergate BDC Conservation Area
Halvergate Marshes BA Con Area
Hellesdon Con Area
Heydon
Heydon/Salle Conservation Area
Horsham St Faiths Con Area
RAF Coltishall
Reepham
Salhouse
Salhouse BA Conservation Area
Salhouse Conservation Area
Thorpe End Garden Village
Thorpe St Andrew BA Conservation Area
Thorpe St Andrew Conservation Area
TSA Conservation Area
Tunstall BA Conservation Area
Woodbastwick
Wroxham BA Conservation Area
Wroxham Conservation Area

Read more: extensions, loft dormers, garden rooms and solar panels in a conservation area.

Does Broadland have Article 4 directions?

Broadland has published 28 Article 4 areas. Inside them, some permitted development rights are removed, so work that would normally be allowed needs planning permission.

28 of the published areas don't say which rights they remove. Our checker tells people at those addresses to check with the council.

Directions listed by Broadland:

Area centred on the Market Place
Broads Authoriity Holly Lodge
Broads Authority
Broads Authority Conservation Area
Broads Authority Limpenhoe Marshes
Broads Authority Riverside Estate
Charles Close area
Church Street Nos. 48 – 58 and 60 – 66
former RAF Coltishall
Grange Close
Land adjacent to river; to west of the Street
Land at Anchor Street Broads Authority
Land at the White horse Inn
Land south of the Homestead, Holt Road
Land to south of Church Farm
Part of river channel.
Part of the airfield

What is an Article 4 direction?

Is any of Broadland in a national park, National Landscape or green belt?

National park in or bordering Broadland: The Broads.

National parks and National Landscapes restrict permitted development in similar ways to conservation areas. Read more: extensions, loft dormers and garden rooms.

Listed buildings and protected trees in Broadland

Listed buildings everywhere in England are recorded by Historic England, and the checker looks for them at every address. Broadland doesn't publish listed building outlines, so where a listed building is recorded near an address, we ask the homeowner to check whether it's theirs.

Broadland publishes its tree preservation orders (4,930 areas and individual trees), so we can flag protected trees near an address.

What planning data does Broadland publish?

Planning data published by Broadland District Council
Data	Status	Records
Conservation area boundaries	Published	32
Article 4 direction boundaries	Published	28
Listed building outlines	Not published	0
Tree preservation order areas	Published	4,930
Protected trees	Published	0

Planning work on a home in Broadland? Put a pin on your house and we'll check it against all of this.

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Data from planning.data.gov.uk, published by Broadland District Council and national bodies under the Open Government Licence, last updated here on 30 October 2026. Broadland District Council website.