92 more Hethersett North homes approved, a Yelverton solar farm passed and a 25m mast cleared at Tuttles Lane: South Norfolk's planning week to 2 October.

South Norfolk Council approved the detailed design of 92 more homes at Hethersett North in the week to 2 October. Its planning committee also passed a 15MW solar farm at Yelverton.

None of the 37 decisions the council listed that week was a refusal. A further 59 applications were validated. Both figures come from the council’s two weekly planning lists, published on its website. These are the latest lists available as at 10 October.

The decisions that matter

92 homes at Hethersett North, about three miles north-east of Wymondham. Application 2026/0308 covers Phase B4 of Hethersett North, on land north of the village centre off Little Melton Road. It settles the roads, layout, landscaping, scale, appearance and materials for 92 homes. Outline permission for the wider site, 2021/0758/O, was granted on 24 November 2025. Five self-build plots on the phase stay in outline, so their design will come back in a later application. Planning officers approved it with conditions on 29 September, under delegated powers rather than at committee.

A 25-metre mast at Tuttles Lane East, Wymondham. The phone mast behind Grove Farm will grow from a 15m column to a 25m monopole. It will carry six antennas, plus three relocated antennas and a relocated 300mm dish (application 2026/2483). Masts like this go through a prior approval check rather than a full planning application. On 2 October the council decided its prior approval was not required, which means the upgrade can go ahead without further consent on siting or appearance.

A 15MW solar farm at Yelverton, about 13 miles east. The Development Management Committee approved application 2025/1442 on 30 September, for land east of Back Road. The scheme includes:

  • solar panels on metal frames
  • a central inverter housing and a spares container
  • new access tracks and underground cabling
  • perimeter fencing with CCTV cameras
  • temporary construction compounds and landscaping

A new cemetery at Welborne, about five miles north-west. Grass pasture south of All Saints Church, Church Lane, can become a cemetery (2025/2324). It was approved with conditions on 2 October.

A self-build home at Colton, refused before, now approved. The committee approved a self-build house and garage at High House Farm (2025/2699) on 30 September. The application was a resubmission after an earlier refusal, 2024/3522.

New applications worth watching

  • Seething, about 15 miles south-east: a prior approval notice to turn four agricultural barns at Fen Farm into seven homes (2026/2922).
  • Loddon, about 16 miles east: a portacabin for police use at Loddon Fire Station on High Street, with security works for Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service (2026/2805).
  • Diss, about 15 miles south: roughly 122 solar panels on the south-facing roof of De Lucy House care home, Victoria Road (2026/2857).
  • Costessey, about seven miles north-east: a florist’s at 60 to 62 West End would become a beauty salon, with a remodelled front (2026/2776).
  • Forncett St Mary, about eight miles south: a farm building at Castaway Farm would become a storage and food preparation unit for an established mobile catering business (2026/2716).
  • Keswick: a retrospective application for one Gypsy and Traveller plot with a static caravan and day room at Horseshoe Meadows, Keswick Hall Road (2026/2689).
  • Tacolneston: three pieces of equipment on a concrete base at the National Grid transmitting station on New Road (2026/2555), and a bungalow off Cheneys Lane (2026/2710).

Wymondham’s own list

The town had four new applications and five decisions in the week. All are small.

New:

  • an extra window on an approved rear extension on Browick Road (2026/2698)
  • felling a dead protected maple at Beechwood Court (2026/2729)
  • trimming two beech trees at St Mary’s, Becketswell Road, cutting their spread from 20m to 17m (2026/2748)
  • a conservatory on Silfield Road (2026/2845)

Decided:

  • the Tuttles Lane East mast, above
  • no objection to felling a eucalyptus on Avenue Road, in the conservation area (2026/2623)
  • consent to cut a protected Corsican pine on Chapel Lane from 21m to 18m on two sides, with a support system fitted between its two stems (2026/2676)
  • a change to a 2020 permission on Melton Road, Downham, swapping four rear dormers for rooflights (2026/2694)
  • a listed building application for like-for-like windows at 2 Vicar Street, withdrawn (2026/1671)

What it means for you

  • Want to comment on a new application? Search its number on the council’s planning portal. Comments are normally open for 21 days from validation, and the closing date is on each application’s dates tab.
  • The Hethersett design is now settled. Layout and appearance are approved for the 92 homes. The five self-build plots will need their own application, which will be open for comment.
  • The Tuttles Lane mast needs no further consent. If you live nearby, the next thing you will see is the work itself.

For how planning works locally and the bigger schemes we are following, see our Wymondham planning news page.