New housing in North Norfolk District Council
We read North Norfolk District Council's planning register every day. We hold 25,966 of its planning applications going back to 2011, and 83 of those made in the last 12 months are for new homes.
It delivered 54% of the homes it needed in the 2025 Housing Delivery Test, below the 75% at which national policy treats it as having an unmet need for housing.
Key facts
- Local Plan
- Not recorded yet.
- Five-year housing land supply
- Not recorded yet.
- Housing Delivery Test
- 54% (2025): presumption
- Local Plan sites we hold
- None loaded yet.
- Planning applications we hold
- 25,966
Applications for new homes, by year
Applications we have identified as being for new homes, by the year they were made. Approved and refused count those decided so far.
| Year | Applications | Approved | Refused |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 77 | 38 | 4 |
| 2025 | 59 | 34 | 7 |
| 2024 | 96 | 45 | 10 |
| 2023 | 119 | 62 | 12 |
| 2022 | 99 | 54 | 6 |
| 2021 | 99 | 47 | 17 |
The largest housing schemes of the last three years
| Homes | Site | Status | Made |
|---|---|---|---|
| 950 | Land North Of Rudham Stile Lane & East Of Water Moor Lane Fakenham Norfolk Approval of all reserved matters relating to Phase 1 of outline planning permission PO/17/0680 (residential development of up to 950 dwellings - as varied by planning permission RV/22/0855) comprising the landscape… PM/24/1946 | Approved | 13 Sept 2024 |
| 55 | Land At Barons Hall Lane Fakenham Norfolk Residential development of 55 dwellings with associated access, parking, landscape, open space and drainage PF/26/2233 | Awaiting decision | 20 Oct 2026 |
| 49 | Land West Of Cley Road Holt Norfolk Development of up to 49 dwellings (Use Class C3) and a 0.7ha cemetery extension including a 30-space public car park, with associated access, open space, landscaping and infrastructure (outline with details of access… PO/26/1339 | Awaiting decision | 23 Jun 2026 |
| 37 | Land Off Cromer Road Mundesley Norfolk Construction of 37 dwellings; full planning permission for 36 dwellings (including 13 affordable homes) together with car parking, garages, vehicular access, cycle / footway accesses, highway works, public open space… PF/24/2483 | Awaiting decision | 26 Nov 2024 |
| 26 | Land To The West Of Catfield Road Ludham Norfolk Erection of 26 dwellings, comprising social rent and shared ownership housing, along with 0.3 hectares of green open space (development of a Rural Exception Site) and associated infrastructure PF/25/1486 | Approved | 4 Jul 2025 |
| 23 | Land East Of The B1105 Wells-next-the-sea Norfolk Formation of temporary access (for 24 months) during construction of housing development of 23 dwellings at Land South of Ashburton Close, Wells-next-the-Sea, subject of planning permission ref. no. PF/23/1113 PF/24/0830 | Approved | 22 Apr 2024 |
| 12 | Land East Of Stiffkey Road Warham Norfolk Application to amend S106 agreement dated 11/11/2019, from planning permission PF/19/0989 (Erection of 12 affordable homes, Community recreational facilities and associated car parking) seeking to vary the mortgagee… SV/24/1016 | Awaiting decision | 16 May 2024 |
| 9 | Ludham Garage High Street Ludham Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 5QQ Permission in Principle for residential development of up to 9 dwellings PP/26/0440 | Withdrawn | 24 Feb 2026 |
| 7 | Two Acres The Street Little Snoring Fakenham Norfolk NR21 0HU Outline planning permission for seven dwellings with all matters reserved except for access PO/26/1266 | Awaiting decision | 11 Jun 2026 |
| 7 | Woodfarm Plumstead Road Edgefield Melton Constable Norfolk NR24 2AQ Renovation, including external alterations and extensions, of 7 dwellings (retrospective) PF/26/0174 | Approved | 27 Jan 2026 |
Towns and villages
See every field round the edge of a town or village, scored for how likely it is to be built on.
- Aldborough
- Aylmerton
- Bacton (North Norfolk)
- Badersfield
- Binham
- Blakeney (North Norfolk)
- Briston
- Butcher's Common
- Catfield
- Cley next the Sea
- Corpusty
- Cromer
- East Runton
- Eccles on Sea
- Edgefield
- Erpingham
- Fakenham
- Great Ryburgh
- Gresham
- Happisburgh
- Hempton
- Hickling (North Norfolk)
- High Kelling
- Hindolveston
- Holt (North Norfolk)
- Horning
- Hoveton and Wroxham
- Knapton
- Langham (North Norfolk)
- Little Walsingham
- Ludham
- Melton Constable
- Mundesley
- North Walsham
- Overstrand
- Paston
- Potter Heigham
- Roughton
- Salthouse
- Sculthorpe
- Sea Palling
- Sheringham
- Southrepps
- Stalham
- Stibbard
- Sutton (North Norfolk)
- Thursford Green
- Trimingham
- Trunch
- Walcott (North Norfolk)
- Wells-next-the-Sea
- West Raynham
- West Runton and Beeston Regis
- Weybourne (North Norfolk)
- Wicken Green Village
- Wiveton
Where this comes from
- Planning applications: North Norfolk District Council's online planning register, last read 14 Nov 2026.
- Housing Delivery Test: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
- How fields are scored: how the score works.