Planning permission in South Norfolk

Most single-storey rear extensions within the national permitted development limits don't need planning permission in South Norfolk. The rules are stricter in its 50 conservation areas, where side extensions, two-storey extensions and loft dormers need permission. Check your address to see which rules apply.

How many conservation areas are there in South Norfolk?

South Norfolk has 50 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.

• Bawburgh Conservation Area
• Bergh Apton Conservation Area
• Bramerton Conservation Area
• Brockdish Conservation Area
• Brooke Conservation Area
• Burston Conservation Area
• Chedgrave Conservation Area
• Cringleford Conservation Area
• Dickleburgh Conservation Area
• Diss Conservation Area
• Ditchingham Conservation Area
• Ditchingham Dam BA Conservation Area
• Ellingham BA Conservation Area
• Forncett St Peter Conservation Area
• Fritton Conservation Area
• Geldeston Conservation Area
• Gillingham Conservation Area
• Gissing Conservation Area
• Haddiscoe BA Conservation Area
• Harleston Conservation Area
• Hedenham Conservation Area
• Hempnall Conservation Area
• Hingham Conservation Area
• Howe Conservation Area
• Keswick Conservation Area
• Kimberley Conservation Area
• Langley BA Conservation Area
• Loddon BA Conservation Area
• Loddon Conservation Area
• Long Stratton Conservation Area
• Mulbarton Conservation Area
• Old Costessey
• Old Lakenham Conservation Area
• Pulham Market Conservation Area
• Pulham St Mary Conservation Area
• Saxlingham Conservation Area
• Saxlingham Nethergate Conservation Area
• Scole Conservation Area
• Seething Conservation Area
• Shotesham Conservation Area
• Starston Conservation Area
• Stoke Holy Cross Conservation Area
• Tacolneston Conservation Area
• Thorpe Abbotts Conservation Areas
• Trowse W Newton Conservation Area
• Wacton Conservation Area
• Winfarthing Conservation Area
• Wortwell Conservation Area
• Wramplingham Conservation Area
• Wymondham Conservation Area

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

Does South Norfolk have Article 4 directions?

South Norfolk has published 55 Article 4 areas. Inside them, some permitted development rights are removed, so work that would normally be allowed needs planning permission.

55 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 South Norfolk:

• 1,2 Everest Place
• 1-6 Waveney Cottages
• 1-6, 10-20 Davy Place
• 1-9 Princess Anne Terrace
• 1-12 St Ethelberts Close
• 1-12 Woodyard Square
• 1-13 Smiths Knoll
• 1-13 Whiteways
• 1-15 Forge Grove
• 1-15 St Mary's Row
• 1-28 Scudamore Place
• 1-30 Windmill Green
• 1-31 Churchill Place
• 2, 4-11 and 13-21(odds) Geldeston Hill
• 6-7 the Rise
• 7-18 Church Road
• 9-23 (odds) and 10 Church Street
• 13, 14, 14a and 15-29 (odds) Hurst Road
• 25-39 Hallow Hill Road
• 126 - 134 (evens) Norwich Road
• Alburgh Road
• Becketswell Road
• Braymeadow Lane
• Broads Authority Gillingham Dam, Loddon Road
• Broads Authority Haddiscoe Marshes
• Broads Authority Land Adj Laundry Cottage
• Broads Authority Land at North East end of Hill House Road
• Broads Authority Reedham Ferry
• Broads Authority Swan Motel
• Broads Authority the Ferry House
• Chedgrave - 6-7 the Rise
• Colney Hall
• Deopham airfeld
• Friarscroft Terrace, 25-35 Friarscroft Lane
• Glen Lodge
• Harvey Road, Langmere Road, Hall Lane, Common Road
• Highland Crescent : 1 - 13
• Ipswich Road
• Kestrel Green, Hill House Rd
• Land at Hockering Lane / Stocks Hill
• Lundy Green
• Market Place
• Norton Subcourse
• Parklands (East)
• Parklands (West)
• River Chet
• Riverside
• School Lane
• The Old Stables, the Street
• Tibenham Airfield
• Tower Hill
• Watton Road
• Woodstock Lane

What is an Article 4 direction?

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

• National park in or bordering South Norfolk: 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 South Norfolk

Listed buildings everywhere in England are recorded by Historic England, and the checker looks for them at every address. South Norfolk 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.

South Norfolk publishes its tree preservation orders (2,283 areas and individual trees), so we can flag protected trees near an address.

What planning data does South Norfolk publish?

Other councils in East of England

• Babergh
• Basildon
• Bedford
• Braintree
• Breckland
• Brentwood
• Broadland
• Broxbourne
• Cambridge
• Castle Point
• Central Bedfordshire
• Chelmsford
• Colchester
• Dacorum
• East Cambridgeshire
• East Hertfordshire
• East Suffolk
• Epping Forest
• Fenland
• Great Yarmouth
• Harlow
• Hertsmere
• Huntingdonshire
• Ipswich
• King's Lynn and West Norfolk
• Luton
• Maldon
• Mid Suffolk
• North Hertfordshire
• North Norfolk
• Norwich
• Peterborough
• Rochford
• South Cambridgeshire
• Southend-on-Sea
• St Albans City and
• Stevenage
• Tendring
• Three Rivers
• Thurrock
• Uttlesford
• Watford
• Welwyn Hatfield
• West Suffolk

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